Work & commute · Fenton

Work & commute in Fenton, MI

Most working residents leave Fenton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (6%), Flint (3%) and Grand Blanc (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

605 of 4,884 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 4,279 Fenton residents head out of town to work, 605 work right here, and 6,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fenton.

4,279live here, work elsewhere

605live and work here

6,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fenton goes to work

Fenton (in town)right here

12%605

Flint15.5 mi away

6%308

Flint14.3 mi away

3%169

Grand Blanc9 mi away

3%168

Fenton3.1 mi away

3%158

Lansing43.2 mi away

3%138

Auburn Hills25.6 mi away

3%124

Warren41.1 mi away

3%123

Waterford19.3 mi away

2%88

Troy32.7 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,921

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.

24%

39%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fenton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fenton are

6,661 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

6,661 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Fenton residents hold

4,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+10%

Jobs based in Fenton, 2011 → 2021: 6,040 → 6,661. 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.