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Fayetteville, GA
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Fayetteville profile


Living in Fayetteville


Fayetteville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 20,419 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Fayetteville is the 54th largest community in Georgia.

Fayetteville real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Fayetteville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Fayetteville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.48% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Fayetteville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.92 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Fayetteville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Fayetteville ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fayetteville, 41.24% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Fayetteville in 2022 was $45,775, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,100 for a family of four. However, Fayetteville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fayetteville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fayetteville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fayetteville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fayetteville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Jamaican.

The most common language spoken in Fayetteville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.