Fenton is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 4,248 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Fenton is the 160th largest community in Missouri.

Unlike some cities, Fenton isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fenton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fenton is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fenton who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.61%), management occupations (14.79%), and sales jobs (13.68%).

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.

Fenton is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Fenton isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.74% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small city, Fenton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Fenton Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Fenton citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.06% of adults in Fenton have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Fenton in 2000 was $29,658, which is wealthy relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,632 for a family of four. However, Fenton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Fenton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fenton is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fenton include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Fenton is English.