Lake Fenton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fenton Charter Township, Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Lake Fenton had a population of 5,905. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Bayport Park and Lakeside.
The Lake Fenton Community Schools district overlaps a portion of this and adjacent areas. The school district and community are named after Lake Fenton, formerly known as Long Lake. A community was platted as "Mount Pleasant" by John Cook in 1840, with a second plat added in 1845. The name was changed to "Long Lake" in 1850, and a post office with that name opened on March 6, 1851. The lake was subsequently renamed "Lake Fenton", and the platted settlement became extinct. In 1932, the United States Board on Geographic Names decided on "Lake Fenton" as the official name of the lake.
Astronaut Michael J. Bloomfield grew up in Lake Fenton (his address was officially Linden, Michigan, and he was born in Flint).
Communities
- Lakeside is an unincorporated community on the east side of Lake Fenton at , a short distance north of Fenton.
- Bayport Park is an unincorporated community on the north side of Lake Fenton at with elevation at .
Geography
The Lake Fenton CDP occupies the northeast corner of Fenton Township, bordered to the north by Mundy Township, to the west by the rest of Fenton Township, to the south by the city of Fenton, and to the east by Holly Township in Oakland County. All but the southern end of Lake Fenton, the water body, is located within the Lake Fenton CDP; the southern end of the lake is in the city of Fenton. Other lakes in the CDP include Petts Lake, Crooked Lake, McCully Lake, Dollar Lake, Little Long Lake, and Barnum Lake. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 23.51%, is water.
From the center of the Lake Fenton CDP, it is south to the center of Fenton city, and north to downtown Flint, via Fenton Road.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lake Fenton had a population of 5,905. The median age was 46.8 years. 18.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.0 males age 18 and over.
90.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 9.8% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,440 households in Lake Fenton, of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.7% were married-couple households, 16.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.