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Fayetteville, NC

209,485 Population
148.3 square miles 1,412.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 33 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$32,096 ±$1,571 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $32,931 ±$1,066
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
$54,562 ±$2,955 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $61,379 ±$1,834
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863

18.2% ±2.3% (35,406  ±4,466) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 16.8% † 63,327 (±1.8% / ±6,794)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)

19.9 minutes ±0.9 (1,861,070  ±110,200) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 23.3 3,806,695 (±0.9 / ±169,322)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)

Families

83,705 ±2,026 Number of households
  • the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 151,815 ±1,492
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
2.3 ±0.1 (194,396  ±772) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 376,974 (±0 / ±127)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395

7% ±1.8% (3,689  ±938) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,167 (±1.3% / ±1,242)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)

Housing

93,506 ±2,054 Number of housing units
  • the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 167,233 ±70
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767

$211,300 ±$7,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: $227,400 ±$5,938
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908

20.5% ±2.3% (42,356  ±4,790.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 16.6% † 64,428 (±1.7% / ±6,654.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)

Social

92.2% ±3.4% (119,191  ±4,748.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 91.7% 227,656 (±2.5% / ±6,185.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
28.4% ±1.9% (36,635  ±2,565.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 27.6% 68,619 (±1.3% / ±3,329.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)

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

8.1% ±1% (16,944  ±2,088) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 7% 27,518
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166

19.3% ±1.7% (26,065  ±2,389) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Fayetteville, NC Metro Area: 19.3% 50,160 (±1.2% / ±3,014)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
26,065 Total veterans ±2,389 19,150 Male ±2,011 6,915 Female ±1,042

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