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Fayette, AL

4,164 Population
8.5 square miles 487 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 43.3 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,513 ±$11,558 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $29,795 † ±$4,103
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,473 ±$11,291 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Fayette County: $49,488 † ±$7,267
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

42% ±10.9% (1,645  ±427) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Fayette County: 21.8% † 3,446 (±3.7% / ±583)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.2 minutes ±4.6 (27,055  ±7,912) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 28.6 169,335 (±1.8 / ±15,204)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,580 ±178 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 6,255 ±271
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,893  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 2.5 15,755 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±7% (44  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Fayette County: 1.8% † 61 (±2.1% / ±72)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,188 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 7,810 ±23
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,000 ±$18,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Fayette County: $125,900 † ±$14,825
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.5% ±9.3% (808  ±383.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Fayette County: 8.2% † 1,310 (±2.7% / ±428.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±10.1% (2,493  ±338.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 85.7% 9,719 (±5.9% / ±679.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±5.1% (521  ±148.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 14.9% † 1,685 (±2.4% / ±278.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

5.9% ±2.7% (188  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Fayette County: 6.1% † 773 (±1.2% / ±153)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
188 Total veterans ±86 188 Male ±86 N/A Female ±13

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