What is the population of Fayetteville city?

Fayetteville city has 19,364 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #58 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Fayetteville city?

Median household income in Fayetteville city is $82,144 a year, 4.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fayetteville city?

Median gross rent is $1,592 a month and the median home value is $331,700, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.

Is Fayetteville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fayetteville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fayetteville, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fayetteville, Georgia (Fayetteville, GA — Census place “Fayetteville city”) is 19,364 residents, ranking #58 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $82,144, the median home is worth $331,700 and median gross rent runs $1,592 a month. Looking for the Fayetteville Georgia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Fayetteville, GA: 30214, 30215.

Population: 19,364Fayetteville city residents
Median household income: $82,144Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $331,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,592Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68%Owner-occupied households

Fayetteville ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fayetteville.

The Fayetteville GA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Fayetteville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fayetteville city median would spend about 23.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.1% of residents and 68% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fayetteville city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fayetteville city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 19,364 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #58 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 43.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fayetteville city earn a median of $82,144 a year, 4.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 43% above the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 7.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fayetteville city is valued at $331,700, 9.3% above the national figure and 73% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,592 a month, 13.2% above the national figure, or roughly $19,104 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 68% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fayetteville city?: Fayetteville city has 19,364 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #58 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Fayetteville city?: Median household income in Fayetteville city is $82,144 a year, 4.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fayetteville city?: Median gross rent is $1,592 a month and the median home value is $331,700, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.
Is Fayetteville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fayetteville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fayetteville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.