Fayetteville vs Lincoln

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (7,135 vs 1,135 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($73,342 vs $60,793 in Lincoln). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $181,900 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Lincoln
Population	1,135	7,135
Median age	51.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,342	$60,793
Median home value	$228,500	$181,900
Median gross rent	—	$911
Housing units	600	3,315
Homeownership rate	92.9%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Lincoln
Population	1,378 → 1,135 (-17.6%)	6,681 → 7,135 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$55,568 → $73,342 (+32.0%)	$64,924 → $60,793 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $228,500 (+117.2%)	$131,000 → $181,900 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$856 → $911 (+6.4%)

Fayetteville

Population

1,3781,135

Median household income

$55,568$73,342

Median home value

$105,200$228,500

Lincoln

Population

6,6817,135

Median household income

$64,924$60,793

Median home value

$131,000$181,900

Median gross rent

$856$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Lincoln
Under 5	2.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	19.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	28.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.1%
75 and over	9.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	64.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	24.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Lincoln
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Lincoln
Drove alone	65.8%	88.5%
Carpooled	16.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	60.7%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Lincoln
Poverty rate	0.5%	15.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	57	26
Median year structure built	2001	1990