Fenton vs Frontenac

A side-by-side comparison of Fenton and Frontenac: population, income, housing, and more.

Fenton and Frontenac are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fenton has the higher population (4,087 vs 3,669 in Frontenac). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($225,813 vs $97,991 in Fenton). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($1,004,500 vs $362,800 in Fenton).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Frontenac
Population	4,087	3,669
Median age	47.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,991	$225,813
Median home value	$362,800	$1,004,500
Median gross rent	$1,581	—
Housing units	1,629	1,153
Homeownership rate	87.0%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.0%	86.9%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Frontenac
Population	4,025 → 4,087 (+1.5%)	3,513 → 3,669 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$96,679 → $97,991 (+1.4%)	$217,768 → $225,813 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$269,000 → $362,800 (+34.9%)	$694,300 → $1,004,500 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,581 (+29.8%)	—

Fenton

Population

4,0254,087

Median household income

$96,679$97,991

Median home value

$269,000$362,800

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,581

Frontenac

Population

3,5133,669

Median household income

$217,768$225,813

Median home value

$694,300$1,004,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Frontenac
Under 5	5.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	24.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	11.3%
25 to 34	7.8%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	4.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	20.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	16.3%	8.2%
75 and over	5.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Frontenac
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	79.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Frontenac
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	17.6%	3.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	39.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Frontenac
Drove alone	79.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	15.0%
Other means	0.9%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Frontenac
1-unit, detached	89.1%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Frontenac
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.0%
Average household size	2.59	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1988	1969