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Fayette, MO

2,709 Population
2.2 square miles 1,221.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 38.8 ±0.2

Economics

$17,620 ±$3,002 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $33,131 ±$916
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $33,770 ±$176
$46,484 ±$9,029 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $61,901 ±$1,753
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $61,043 ±$316

15.1% ±6.5% (312  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 16.2% 32,073 (±0.9% / ±1,760)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.8% 762,023 (±0.2% / ±10,691)

18.9 minutes ±2.5 (17,390  ±3,730) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 19.7 1,961,155 (±0.6 / ±71,585)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.8 63,509,752 (±0.1 / ±389,396)

Families

637 ±91 Number of households
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 82,390 ±841
  • Missouri: 2,433,819 ±5,438
3.2 ±0.5 (2,034  ±143) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 2.4 198,476 (±0 / ±902)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 2.5 5,978,416 (±0)

0.6% ±1% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,185 (±1.1% / ±604)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.6% 77,895 (±0.2% / ±2,292)

Housing

945 ±101 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 90,992 ±386
  • Missouri: 2,782,081 ±732

$106,600 ±$14,428 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $195,600 ±$5,480
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $171,800 ±$602

11.3% ±3.8% (305  ±101.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 20.1% 41,534 (±1.2% / ±2,469.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 14% 851,579 (±0.2% / ±12,214)

Social

89.5% ±7.5% (1,212  ±162.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94.1% 121,647 (±1.9% / ±2,505.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91% 3,810,280 (±0.4% / ±15,151.6)
36.6% ±6.1% (496  ±97.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 45.1% 58,337 (±1.3% / ±1,699)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 30.7% 1,285,199 (±0.2% / ±9,049.1)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (17  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.7% 11,933 (±0.5% / ±1,078)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 256,802 (±0.1% / ±4,307)

4.3% ±2.3% (93  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 6.3% 10,435 (±0.4% / ±705)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 8% 377,127 (±0.1% / ±3,765)
93 Total veterans ±49 93 Male ±49 N/A Female ±12

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