Fayetteville vs Munford

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

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

Munford has the higher population (1,694 vs 1,135 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($73,342 vs $39,125 in Munford). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $77,300 in Munford).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Munford
Population	1,135	1,694
Median age	51.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,342	$39,125
Median home value	$228,500	$77,300
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	600	763
Homeownership rate	92.9%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Munford
Population	1,378 → 1,135 (-17.6%)	1,410 → 1,694 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$55,568 → $73,342 (+32.0%)	$31,905 → $39,125 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $228,500 (+117.2%)	$79,500 → $77,300 (-2.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$565 → $758 (+34.2%)

Fayetteville

Population

1,3781,135

Median household income

$55,568$73,342

Median home value

$105,200$228,500

Munford

Population

1,4101,694

Median household income

$31,905$39,125

Median home value

$79,500$77,300

Median gross rent

$565$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Munford
Under 5	2.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	19.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.3%	20.0%
55 to 64	28.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.0%
75 and over	9.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Munford
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	80.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Munford
No high school diploma	10.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	36.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Munford
Drove alone	65.8%	72.7%
Carpooled	16.6%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Munford
1-unit, detached	60.7%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	44.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Munford
Poverty rate	0.5%	34.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	57	27
Median year structure built	2001	1990