Fayetteville

Population & Demographics

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville is home to 210,815 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 67,215 resident workers commute each day.

North CarolinaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
210,815
people
Population

210,815 residents

Median age 30.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fayetteville population & demographics

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

Population
210,815
Median age
30.6yrs
Median household income
$58,407
Median home value
$188,000
Median gross rent
$1,250/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.0%
Poverty rate
17.7%

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

Race & ethnicity in Fayetteville

How Fayetteville breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black41.5%
White34.2%
Hispanic or Latino13.1%
Two or more races6.2%
Asian3.0%
Some other race0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%

Race across Fayetteville

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Fayetteville.

Fayetteville at a glance
Employed Residents
67,215
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
36.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
43.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Raleigh
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.

76
Commute Score

76 / 100

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

Fayetteville

67,215 commutes, one dot at a time

Fayetteville

Where 67,215 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Fayetteville0.0 mi29,012
2Raleigh54.9 mi3,498
3Charlotte107.1 mi2,003
4Hope Mills7.0 mi1,413
5Durham62.8 mi1,238
6Greensboro85.1 mi834
7Cary49.8 mi773
8Spring Lake7.7 mi660

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fayetteville.

1Fayetteville0.0 mi29,012
2Hope Mills7.0 mi2,543
3Raleigh54.9 mi1,375
4Charlotte107.1 mi1,150
5Anderson Creek13.1 mi1,072
6Spring Lake7.7 mi825
7Durham62.8 mi624
8Eastover9.3 mi582

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%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.7%
RTRetail Trade16.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.5%
EDEducational Services9.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.4%
PAPublic Administration5.6%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.5%
COConstruction3.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fayetteville

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

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
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).