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Fayetteville, WV

2,864 Population
5.8 square miles 496 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±13.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,306 ±$6,051 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,109 ±$979
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$59,659 ±$13,348 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $52,345 ±$3,012
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

22.2% ±13.7% (624  ±386) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.6% † 22,405 (±2.1% / ±2,264)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

31.6 minutes ±2.8 (26,370  ±8,542) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 25.7 985,235 (±0.5 / ±45,841)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,287 ±181 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 45,171 ±661
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.3 (2,817  ±12) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 109,021 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

2% ±3.7% (8  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 3% † 698 (±1% / ±227)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,406 ±215 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,771 ±60
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$165,000 ±$96,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $123,400 ±$5,696
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

2.3% ±1.9% (66  ±54.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 10.8% 12,187 (±1% / ±1,167.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

84.6% ±10.3% (1,808  ±329.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 85.7% 69,863 (±2.4% / ±1,969.3)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
26.8% ±8.2% (573  ±191.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 19.7% 16,019 (±1.4% / ±1,106.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

15% ±4.9% (330  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.2% 6,492 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
330 Total veterans ±117 313 Male ±114 17 Female ±27

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