Childersburg vs Fayetteville

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

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

Childersburg has the higher population (4,694 vs 1,135 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($73,342 vs $49,178 in Childersburg). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $131,300 in Childersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Childersburg	Fayetteville
Population	4,694	1,135
Median age	38.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,178	$73,342
Median home value	$131,300	$228,500
Median gross rent	$795	—
Housing units	2,110	600
Homeownership rate	65.6%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Childersburg	Fayetteville
Population	4,908 → 4,694 (-4.4%)	1,378 → 1,135 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$31,163 → $49,178 (+57.8%)	$55,568 → $73,342 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $131,300 (+21.8%)	$105,200 → $228,500 (+117.2%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $795 (+57.1%)	—

Childersburg

Population

4,9084,694

Median household income

$31,163$49,178

Median home value

$107,800$131,300

Median gross rent

$506$795

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)

	Childersburg	Fayetteville
Under 5	6.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	19.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	5.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	28.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.7%
75 and over	6.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Childersburg	Fayetteville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	40.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Childersburg	Fayetteville
No high school diploma	18.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Childersburg	Fayetteville
Drove alone	82.5%	65.8%
Carpooled	13.8%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	17.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Childersburg	Fayetteville
1-unit, detached	72.8%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Childersburg	Fayetteville
Poverty rate	19.4%	0.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	57
Median year structure built	1972	2001