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Fayette, AL

4,221 Population
8.5 square miles 493.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 42.8 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$25,220 ±$5,268 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $27,734 ±$2,137
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$38,009 ±$10,637 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Fayette County: $50,733 † ±$5,743
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

32.4% ±10.5% (1,285  ±417) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fayette County: 18.7% † 2,967 (±4.8% / ±757)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

20.7 minutes ±3.5 (24,930  ±6,094) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Fayette County: 29.3 174,100 (±1.9 / ±15,171)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

1,715 ±194 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 6,051 ±253
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.3 ±0.3 (3,943  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 2.6 15,862 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

2.5% ±4.3% (21  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 3% † 112 (±1.9% / ±71)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

2,444 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 7,798 ±26
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$122,100 ±$14,205 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Fayette County: $121,200 ±$9,871
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

18.1% ±8.9% (757  ±373.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fayette County: 11.2% † 1,791 (±3.8% / ±613.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

87.7% ±9.5% (2,690  ±346) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 85.2% 9,563 (±5.3% / ±616.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
21% ±5.8% (645  ±184) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fayette County: 15.6% † 1,750 (±2.3% / ±260.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.6% ±3.1% (191  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 6.4% † 808 (±1.3% / ±162)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
191 Total veterans ±107 191 Male ±107 N/A Female ±13

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