Belk vs Fayette

A side-by-side comparison of Belk and Fayette: population, income, housing, and more.

Belk and Fayette are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fayette has the higher population (4,221 vs 327 in Belk). Belk has the higher median household income ($46,750 vs $38,009 in Fayette). Fayette has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $88,900 in Belk).

Population, income & housing

	Belk	Fayette
Population	327	4,221
Median age	40.7 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,750	$38,009
Median home value	$88,900	$122,100
Median gross rent	$510	$589
Housing units	138	2,444
Homeownership rate	81.1%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	31.2%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belk	Fayette
Population	238 → 327 (+37.4%)	4,364 → 4,221 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$39,583 → $46,750 (+18.1%)	$33,472 → $38,009 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $88,900 (+7.1%)	$86,600 → $122,100 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$461 → $510 (+10.6%)	$512 → $589 (+15.0%)

Belk

Population

238327

Median household income

$39,583$46,750

Median home value

$83,000$88,900

Median gross rent

$461$510

Fayette

Population

4,3644,221

Median household income

$33,472$38,009

Median home value

$86,600$122,100

Median gross rent

$512$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belk	Fayette
Under 5	3.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.4%
75 and over	7.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belk	Fayette
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belk	Fayette
No high school diploma	39.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belk	Fayette
Drove alone	100.0%	93.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belk	Fayette
1-unit, detached	51.4%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	48.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Belk	Fayette
Poverty rate	4.0%	32.4%
Average household size	2.95	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	39	21
Median year structure built	1981	1974