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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fenton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.54% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Fenton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fenton, the average commute to work is 31.55 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Fenton is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.95% of adults in Fenton have a college degree. 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.
