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Fayetteville, AR

101,694 Population
54.8 square miles 1,857.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arkansas: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$35,670 ±$5,482 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: $40,844 ±$1,603
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $33,012 ±$560
$51,513 ±$4,778 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: $77,695 ±$2,606
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,700 ±$1,155

23.8% ±4.5% (22,007  ±4,202) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 10.4% † 60,082 (±1.3% / ±7,417)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 15.7% 466,624 (±0.6% / ±19,172)

18.2 minutes ±0.7 (794,415  ±41,610) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 21.2 5,104,890 (±0.2 / ±89,169)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

42,333 ±1,904 Number of households
  • the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 224,357 ±3,130
  • Arkansas: 1,232,871 ±8,404
2.2 ±0.1 (92,981  ±307) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 2.6 577,576 (±0 / ±2,171)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.4 2,982,612

4.1% ±2% (1,275  ±626) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 5.3% † 7,926 (±1% / ±1,418)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 36,877 (±0.5% / ±3,201)

Housing

45,946 ±2,092 Number of housing units
  • the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 243,428 ±860
  • Arkansas: 1,409,104 ±322

$376,200 ±$20,641 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: $342,100 ±$9,828
  • nearly double the amount in Arkansas: $195,700 ±$3,625

25.7% ±5.1% (25,799  ±5,105.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 14.6% † 85,134 (±1.6% / ±9,011.7)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 12.1% 367,964 (±0.6% / ±16,566)

Social

94.1% ±6.1% (53,135  ±4,137.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 89.6% 338,781 (±2.5% / ±9,597.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 89.3% 1,854,856 (±1% / ±21,619.8)
49.5% ±4.5% (27,959  ±2,809.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 36.6% 138,579 (±1.7% / ±6,334.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 26.2% 544,020 (±0.6% / ±12,726.2)

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

6.3% ±1.8% (6,353  ±1,870) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 12.1% 71,483 (±0.8% / ±4,612)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.3% 162,340

4.7% ±1.2% (3,907  ±1,040) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area: 5.5% 24,550 (±0.5% / ±2,164)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7% 164,175 (±0.3% / ±7,006)
3,907 Total veterans ±1,040 3,343 Male ±920 564 Female ±379

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