Work & commute · Fenton

Work & commute in Fenton, MI

Most working residents leave Fenton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (8%), Fenton (8%) and Grand Blanc (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

362 of 6,720 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,358 Fenton residents head out of town to work, 362 work right here, and 2,997 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fenton.

6,358live here, work elsewhere

362live and work here

2,997work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fenton goes to work

Flint13.2 mi away

8%558

Fenton3.1 mi away

8%525

Fenton (in town)right here

5%362

Grand Blanc7.9 mi away

5%352

Flint11.5 mi away

4%292

Lansing42 mi away

3%195

Warren43.9 mi away

3%172

Auburn Hills28.1 mi away

2%147

Mundy4.8 mi away

2%143

Troy35.4 mi away

2%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,854

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Fenton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

27%

32%

31%

27%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fenton is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.50 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fenton are

3,359 jobs are based in Fenton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fenton

3,359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Fenton residents hold

6,720 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+67%

Jobs based in Fenton, 2011 → 2021: 2,007 → 3,359. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.