City safety & data profile

FayettevilleAR

Fayetteville, AR is a 83K-resident city in Washington County with a median household income of $62,695.

Washington County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fayetteville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fayetteville has a population larger than 90% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $349,600, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

83K
Population (place)
Top 10%
By size
$62,695
Median income (place)
$349,600
Median home (place)
20.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fayetteville

Fayetteville posts a median household income higher than 27% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Fayetteville area.

Bottom 28%
by median income, US cities
4
hospitals in & near Fayetteville

Where Fayetteville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$62,695 Bottom 27% higher than 27% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fayetteville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AR

Population among 39 AR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Little Rock is the largest AR city on this list; Centerton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AR

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Centerton posts the highest place-level median income in AR; Little Rock is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fayetteville, AR beyond the headline numbers

Fayetteville sits inside Washington County, Arkansas, at roughly 36.06°N, -94.16°W. Population 82,830, $62,695 median household income. Median home value $349,600, median rent $1,065. Poverty rate 20.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

4 hospitals in/around Fayetteville, 4.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

20.6% of Fayetteville, AR residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Fayetteville costs around 5.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

14.9% of Fayetteville workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 20.8% in Fayetteville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Fayetteville's median age is 28.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fayetteville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
82,830
Fayetteville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$62,695
-30% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$349,600
-15% vs avg
Median Age (place)
28.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Washington County): Fayetteville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
257K+23%
Median Income
$70,639+71%
Median Home Value
$298,400+101%
Poverty Rate
14.6%-29%
Unemployment
3.4%-55%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fayetteville, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,065/mo
Poverty Rate
20.6% +66% vs avg
Unemployment 4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 49%
Work From Home 14.9%
Public Transit 1.1%

Population

White 72%
African American 4.9%
Asian 2.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 11.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.5%
Obesity
33.5%
High Blood Pressure
29.6%
Physical Inactivity
24.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.8%
Binge Drinking
17.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.4%
Current Smoking
12%
Current Asthma
10.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.5%
Annual Checkup 73.7%

Other Measures

Diabetes
7.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.4%
Stroke
2.3%

Hospitals 4 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
4.5/5
Total Hospitals
4
With ER
2
FAYETTEVILLE AR VA MEDICAL CENTER
FAYETTEVILLE · Acute Care - Veterans Administration · ER
★★★★★
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
FAYETTEVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Fayetteville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fayetteville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AR-FAYETTEVILLE-AR · Fayetteville

Fayetteville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fayetteville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arkansas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Fayetteville, AR? ▼
Fayetteville, AR has a population of 82,830 people, located in Washington County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Fayetteville? ▼
The median household income in Fayetteville, AR is $62,695 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.6%.
What is the median home value in Fayetteville? ▼
The median home value in Fayetteville, AR is $349,600. Median rent is $1,065/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fayetteville? ▼
The top health indicators in Fayetteville include Short Sleep Duration (35.5%), Obesity (33.5%), High Blood Pressure (29.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Fayetteville? ▼
Fayetteville has 4 hospitals with an average rating of 4.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Fayetteville? ▼
The median age in Fayetteville, AR is 28.8 years. 49% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fayetteville, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (20.6% here).

St. Louis, MO 20.6% New Bedford, MA 20.6% Mankato, MN 20.6% Rome, GA 20.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($62,695 here).

Wood River, IL $62,703 Sturgis, MI $62,710 Beloit, WI $62,663 Greensburg, IN $62,655

Compare Fayetteville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Springdale, AR 78K Rogers, AR 63K Bentonville, AR 44K Centerton, AR 12K Siloam Springs, AR 16K Bella Vista, AR 28K Van Buren, AR 23K Fort Smith, AR 88K
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Using Fayetteville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Fayetteville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Fayetteville against Arkansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arkansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Washington County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.