Fayetteville

City Commute Profile

Fayetteville, AR

Where Fayetteville’s 44,667 resident workers go each day — 45.6% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Springdale.

ArkansasLODES 2023 data
78
Commute Score

78 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Fayetteville at a glance
Employed Residents
44,667
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
45.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Springdale
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fayetteville proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Fayetteville commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Fayetteville

44,667 commutes, one dot at a time

Fayetteville

Where 44,667 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Fayetteville, by worker count.

1Fayetteville0.0 mi20,347
2Springdale7.4 mi6,225
3Bentonville19.5 mi3,231
4Rogers16.6 mi3,057
5Lowell12.5 mi1,403
6Little Rock138.9 mi1,189
7Fort Smith50.9 mi942
8Johnson3.9 mi417

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fayetteville.

1Fayetteville0.0 mi20,347
2Springdale7.4 mi7,620
3Rogers16.6 mi2,968
4Bentonville19.5 mi1,974
5Farmington5.5 mi1,601
6Prairie Grove10.3 mi1,208
7Bella Vista27.3 mi869
8Fort Smith50.9 mi773

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fayetteville’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services19.5%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.7%
RTRetail Trade11.5%
MFManufacturing6.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.5%
COConstruction4.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.8%
PAPublic Administration3.2%

Fayetteville city profile

Who lives in Fayetteville — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
99,319
Median age
28.8yrs
Median household income
$62,695
Median home value
$349,600
Median gross rent
$1,065/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
49.0%
Poverty rate
20.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Fayetteville

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps93%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Fayetteville

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).