Fayetteville is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,838 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fayetteville is the 80th largest community in West Virginia.Fayetteville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fayetteville is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fayetteville who work in sales jobs (18.66%), art, media, and design (10.91%), and food service (10.45%). Of important note, Fayetteville is also a town of artists. Fayetteville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fayetteville’s character. A relatively large number of people in Fayetteville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.04% 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. Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Fayetteville is worth considering. In Fayetteville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.55 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Fayetteville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Fayetteville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.41% of adults in Fayetteville have a college degree. The per capita income in Fayetteville in 2022 was $30,764, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,056 for a family of four. However, Fayetteville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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, German, Dutch, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Fayetteville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
