Fayetteville is a relatively large city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 209,496 people and 62 associated neighborhoods, Fayetteville is the sixth largest community in North Carolina.

Fayetteville is a military town: the armed forces employs 19.46% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Retail are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 15.50% and 13.25% of the civilian workforce respectively.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Fayetteville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

One thing that you will notice about Fayetteville is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Fayetteville a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

The percentage of people in Fayetteville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.99% of adults in Fayetteville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fayetteville in 2022 was $32,728, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,912 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. Fayetteville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fayetteville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Fayetteville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.