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Fenton city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Fenton city is a Census city of 4,088 people across 6.27 square miles of land, in St. Louis County. Median household income is $101,000, 82.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 60 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $43.2 m.
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Fenton
What Fenton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.27 sq mi
- Water area0.32 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land652
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Louis County, 100.0 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.
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How many people live in Fenton
- Population4,088
- Median age48.0
- Population under 18770 plus or minus 168
- Share under 1818.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over948
- Share 65 and over23.2 percent
- Households1,612
- Family households1,245
- Share of households that are families77.2 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$101,000
- Per capita income$50,479
- Civilian labor force2,196
- Employed2,018
- Unemployed178 plus or minus 163
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over2,823
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher49.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.7 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fenton
- Housing units1,655
- Occupied units1,612
- Vacant units43 plus or minus 64
- Vacancy rate2.6 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Owner occupied1,332
- Renter occupied280 plus or minus 98
- Ownership rate82.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$374,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,622
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.3 percent
- Single family units1,421
- Share single family85.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more234 plus or minus 132
- Share in buildings of two or more14.1 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1989
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 commute1,682
- Commuting under 15 minutes203 plus or minus 80
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.1 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more680 plus or minus 167
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.4 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Drove alone75.7 percent
- Carpooled9.3 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home13.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Fenton (7(a))
- Approvals60
- Gross approval$43,201,900
- Average approval$720,032
- Median approval$492,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,670,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,037
- Jobs per approval17.3
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Paid in full15
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.3 percent
- Share to franchises18.3 percent
- Distinct lenders32
- Distinct industries by NAICS42
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)
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$44,863,000
- Average approval$1,212,514
- Median approval$773,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported813
- Loans with a final outcome14
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
St. Louis County, not Fenton
St. Louis County context, not Fenton figures
These are St. Louis 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 St. Louis County29,717
- Employment at those establishments, St. Louis County629,036
- Covered employment, St. Louis County596,676
- Average annual pay, St. Louis County$75,926
- Average weekly wage, St. Louis County$1,460
- Housing units permitted, St. Louis County1,193
- Of those, single family, St. Louis County687
- County product, 2024, St. Louis County$114,807,071,000
- County product change over the prior year, St. Louis County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, St. Louis County$94,672
Every figure in this section is published for St. Louis 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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, Missouri?
4,088, in 1,612 households. Fenton city covers 6.27 square miles of land, which is 652 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?
St. Louis County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fenton?
$101,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $374,500. Median gross rent is $1,622 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?
60 7(a) approvals totalling $43.2 m, across 32 lenders, median approval $492,300, plus 37 504 approvals worth $44.9 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 15 loans that have reached a final outcome, 15 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.
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 St. Louis 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.