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Fenton city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Fenton city is a Census city of 11,906 people across 6.65 square miles of land, in Genesee County. Median household income is $80,000, 63.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 91 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $54.0 m.
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Fenton
What Fenton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.65 sq mi
- Water area0.32 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,790
- County holding the largest share of its areaGenesee County, 98.6 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fenton
How many people live in Fenton
- Population11,906
- Median age38.8
- Population under 182,522
- Share under 1821.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,929
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households5,208
- Family households3,082
- Share of households that are families59.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Fenton
- Median household income$80,000 plus or minus $19,753
- Per capita income$46,080
- Civilian labor force6,727
- Employed6,143
- Unemployed584 plus or minus 253
- Unemployment rate8.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over8,350
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fenton
- Housing units5,451
- Occupied units5,208
- Vacant units243 plus or minus 120
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied3,288
- Renter occupied1,920
- Ownership rate63.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$235,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,275
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Single family units3,684
- Share single family67.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,546 plus or minus 317
- Share in buildings of two or more28.4 percent
- Mobile homes221 plus or minus 111
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fenton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,148
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,223 plus or minus 316
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.8 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,442
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.4 percent
- Drove alone76.3 percent
- Carpooled6.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.5 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home16.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fenton
SBA loans in Fenton (7(a))
- Approvals91
- Gross approval$53,950,700
- Average approval$592,865
- Median approval$280,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,300,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,266
- Jobs per approval13.9
- Loans with a final outcome21
- Paid in full21
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.9 percent
- Share to franchises9.9 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS50
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Fenton (504)
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$14,087,000
- Average approval$640,318
- Median approval$498,000
- Largest approval$1,807,000
- Jobs supported283
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fenton
Flood risk in Fenton
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating2
- NFIP community number260075
- Currently effective map date09/25/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Genesee County, not Fenton
Genesee County context, not Fenton figures
These are Genesee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fenton measurements.
- Establishments in Genesee County7,733
- Employment at those establishments, Genesee County121,033
- Covered employment, Genesee County133,787
- Average annual pay, Genesee County$55,798
- Average weekly wage, Genesee County$1,073
- Housing units permitted, Genesee County420
- Of those, single family, Genesee County339
- County product, 2024, Genesee County$20,159,547,000
- County product change over the prior year, Genesee County4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Genesee County$55,023
Every figure in this section is published for Genesee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fenton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fenton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fenton, Michigan?
11,906, in 5,208 households. Fenton city covers 6.65 square miles of land, which is 1,790 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fenton in?
Genesee County, which holds 98.6 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fenton?
$80,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $235,900. Median gross rent is $1,275 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fenton businesses?
91 7(a) approvals totalling $54.0 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $280,000, plus 22 504 approvals worth $14.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fenton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fenton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 21 loans that have reached a final outcome, 21 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Fenton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fenton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260075, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fenton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Genesee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fenton.
Is zoning published for Fenton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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