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Fayetteville, NC

209,751 Population
148.3 square miles 1,414.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 32.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$32,580 ±$1,335 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $31,678 ±$1,132
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$59,732 ±$2,677 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $61,220 ±$1,941
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

14.5% ±1.8% (27,870  ±3,485) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 16.1% 60,026 (±1.5% / ±5,535)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

19.6 minutes ±1 (1,899,060  ±111,786) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 23 3,949,835 (±0.7 / ±150,726)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)

Families

83,410 ±1,803 Number of households
  • the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 150,658 ±1,770
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.3 ±0.1 (192,696  ±909) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 373,563 (±0 / ±427)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,553,524 (±,126.5 / ±-555,555,600)

7.8% ±1.9% (4,090  ±989) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 7.2% † 7,007 (±1.4% / ±1,321)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

92,214 ±1,785 Number of housing units
  • the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 165,900 ±182
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$201,100 ±$7,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $216,900 ±$6,163
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

20.3% ±2.2% (41,808  ±4,518.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 18% 69,492 (±1.7% / ±6,559.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

93.8% ±3.2% (121,509  ±4,701.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 92.1% 227,157 (±2.6% / ±6,541.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
30.8% ±2.1% (39,909  ±2,747.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 28% 69,053 (±1.5% / ±3,628.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

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

7% ±0.8% (14,704  ±1,724) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 7.3% † 28,750 (±10,376.5% / ±2,880)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% † 995,127 (±,470.9% / ±22,367)

19.3% ±1.5% (25,537  ±2,086) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 18.5% 47,340 (±1.1% / ±2,872)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
25,537 Total veterans ±2,086 19,204 Male ±1,681 6,333 Female ±1,072

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