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Fayette, MO

2,801 Population
2.2 square miles 1,263.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 33.5 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$22,903 ±$3,858 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $39,658 ±$1,054
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
$57,679 ±$20,393 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $72,340 ±$1,500
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325

16.9% ±7% (357  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 16% 32,463 (±1% / ±2,052)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)

27.3 minutes ±7.4 (27,180  ±9,240) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 19.6 1,937,565 (±0.5 / ±60,878)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)

Families

799 ±92 Number of households
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 86,393 ±709
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
2.6 ±0.3 (2,109  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 2.4 203,027 (±0 / ±246)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070

1.5% ±2.5% (13  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5% † 2,982 (±0.9% / ±552)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)

Housing

1,058 ±115 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 93,349 ±153
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043

$146,700 ±$20,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $258,700 ±$6,398
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880

22.3% ±7.8% (624  ±218.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 17.1% 36,198 (±1% / ±2,021.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)

Social

90.7% ±8.7% (1,199  ±177.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94.7% 125,767 (±2% / ±2,596.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
34.3% ±7.5% (453  ±111.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 48% 63,713 (±1.4% / ±1,847.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)

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

3% ±2.1% (85  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.7% 12,284
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967

4.4% ±2.1% (100  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.5% 9,346 (±0.4% / ±668)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
100 Total veterans ±49 100 Male ±49 N/A Female ±12

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