Fenton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 11,906 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Fenton is the 97th largest community in Michigan.Fenton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fenton is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fenton who work in management occupations (15.35%), healthcare (10.63%), and office and administrative support (9.27%). Also of interest is that Fenton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.54% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Fenton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.55 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The overall education level of Fenton citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.95% of adults in Fenton have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Fenton in 2022 was $41,554, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,216 for a family of four. However, Fenton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Fenton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fenton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fenton include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Fenton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
