Bon Air vs Fayetteville

A side-by-side comparison of Bon Air and Fayetteville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (1,135 vs 116 in Bon Air). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($73,342 vs $36,607 in Bon Air). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $79,000 in Bon Air).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Air	Fayetteville
Population	116	1,135
Median age	32.3 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,607	$73,342
Median home value	$79,000	$228,500
Median gross rent	$929	—
Housing units	53	600
Homeownership rate	68.9%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Air	Fayetteville
Population	87 → 116 (+33.3%)	1,378 → 1,135 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $36,607 (+41.7%)	$55,568 → $73,342 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $79,000 (+17.0%)	$105,200 → $228,500 (+117.2%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $929 (+50.6%)	—

Bon Air

Population

87116

Median household income

$25,833$36,607

Median home value

$67,500$79,000

Median gross rent

$617$929

Fayetteville

Population

1,3781,135

Median household income

$55,568$73,342

Median home value

$105,200$228,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bon Air	Fayetteville
Under 5	7.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	28.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	5.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	19.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	5.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	28.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.7%
75 and over	5.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Air	Fayetteville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	88.9%
Black or African American	10.3%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Air	Fayetteville
No high school diploma	23.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	48.5%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Air	Fayetteville
Drove alone	100.0%	65.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Air	Fayetteville
1-unit, detached	52.8%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.2%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Bon Air	Fayetteville
Poverty rate	26.8%	0.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	37	57
Median year structure built	1966	2001