Lake FentonMI
A town of 6,417.
Is Lake Fenton a good place to live?
48% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lake Fenton, where Michigan’s towns sit at 26% and U.S. towns at 29%. We don’t grade Lake Fenton yet; the figures below are still real.
97% of working residents leave Lake Fenton for work
Where Lake Fenton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Moving to Lake Fenton: who provides what
Lake Fenton is unincorporated, so Genesee County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Fenton.
Lake Fenton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Lake Fenton for work: only 3% work in town. Lake Fenton’s median household income is $116,000, above both the Michigan town median ($77,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). The average trip to work in Lake Fenton is 30 minutes.
| Lake Fenton | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $116,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 16% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Lake Fenton faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Lake Fenton
Lake Fenton has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Lake Fenton is
Lake Fenton beats the Michigan average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of Lake Fenton adults get no exercise outside work.
| Lake Fenton | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 25% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lake Fenton | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 15.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.8% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thompson Road Dog Park | — | 10 |
| 2. Lake Fenton Public Access | — | 3 |
| 3. Dauner Martin Nature Sanctuary | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Lake Fenton sells for about $500K
Lake Fenton’s median rent is $1,547 a month.
| Lake Fenton | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,547 a month | $1,046 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 84% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum and 20 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Fenton. Close and well known come first.
37 mi Park & preserveDomino's Farms
38 mi Zoo & aquariumDetroit Zoo
40 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
12 mi MuseumSloan Museum
38 mi TheatreRedford TheatrePhoto credits
Domino's Farms: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0 · Detroit Zoo: WMrapids, CC0 · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Redford Theatre: Dave Parker, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about Lake Fenton
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Fenton
About 3 of every 100 Lake Fenton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Lake Fenton
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Lake Fenton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fenton Charter Township, Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Lake Fenton had a population of 5,905. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Bayport Park and Lakeside. The Lake Fenton Community Schools district overlaps a portion of this and adjacent areas. The school district and community are named after Lake Fenton, formerly known as Long Lake. A community was platted as "Mount Pleasant" by John Cook in 1840, with a second plat added in 1845. The name was changed to "Long Lake" in 1850, and a post office with that name opened on March 6, 1851. The lake was subsequently renamed "Lake Fenton", and …
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- Area
- 7.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 879 ft
- Area code
- 810
Lake Fenton’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Lake Fenton.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Fenton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fenton Township | #286 | B | D | — | A | B+ |
| Holly Township | #278 | B | B− | — | B | B+ |
| Fenton | #408 | B− | C− | C+ | A− | B+ |
Fenton Township and Holly Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lake Fenton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lake Fenton with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Fenton
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Is Lake Fenton, MI a good place to live?
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