Fayette vs Glen Allen

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

Fayette and Glen Allen 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 406 in Glen Allen). Glen Allen has the higher median household income ($46,094 vs $38,009 in Fayette). Fayette has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $101,100 in Glen Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette	Glen Allen
Population	4,221	406
Median age	45.6 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,009	$46,094
Median home value	$122,100	$101,100
Median gross rent	$589	—
Housing units	2,444	181
Homeownership rate	60.9%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette	Glen Allen
Population	4,364 → 4,221 (-3.3%)	367 → 406 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$33,472 → $38,009 (+13.6%)	$40,625 → $46,094 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $122,100 (+41.0%)	$100,000 → $101,100 (+1.1%)
Median gross rent	$512 → $589 (+15.0%)	$837 → $900 (+7.5%)

Fayette

Population

4,3644,221

Median household income

$33,472$38,009

Median home value

$86,600$122,100

Median gross rent

$512$589

Glen Allen

Population

367406

Median household income

$40,625$46,094

Median home value

$100,000$101,100

Median gross rent

$837$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayette	Glen Allen
Under 5	4.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	8.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	25.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	5.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	5.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	24.6%
65 to 74	14.4%	14.5%
75 and over	13.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette	Glen Allen
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	89.4%
Black or African American	21.5%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette	Glen Allen
No high school diploma	12.3%	21.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette	Glen Allen
Drove alone	93.3%	95.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.3%
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)

	Fayette	Glen Allen
1-unit, detached	66.3%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Fayette	Glen Allen
Poverty rate	32.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1974	1980