Fayetteville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 7,142 people and five associated neighborhoods, Fayetteville is the 86th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities, Fayetteville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fayetteville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fayetteville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fayetteville who work in sales jobs (13.29%), office and administrative support (11.46%), and management occupations (6.49%). 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 8.10% 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. Being a small city, Fayetteville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Fayetteville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.35% of the adults in Fayetteville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Fayetteville in 2022 was $27,629, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,516 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fayetteville include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Fayetteville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
