Fayetteville vs Oak Grove

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

Fayetteville and Oak Grove 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 905 in Oak Grove). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($73,342 vs $59,191 in Oak Grove). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $124,700 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Oak Grove
Population	1,135	905
Median age	51.9 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,342	$59,191
Median home value	$228,500	$124,700
Median gross rent	—	$853
Housing units	600	407
Homeownership rate	92.9%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Oak Grove
Population	1,378 → 1,135 (-17.6%)	562 → 905 (+61.0%)
Median household income	$55,568 → $73,342 (+32.0%)	$55,000 → $59,191 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $228,500 (+117.2%)	$96,300 → $124,700 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$733 → $853 (+16.4%)

Fayetteville

Population

1,3781,135

Median household income

$55,568$73,342

Median home value

$105,200$228,500

Oak Grove

Population

562905

Median household income

$55,000$59,191

Median home value

$96,300$124,700

Median gross rent

$733$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Oak Grove
Under 5	2.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	7.2%
35 to 44	19.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	5.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	28.4%	24.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.0%
75 and over	9.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	69.0%
Black or African American	4.8%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	10.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Oak Grove
Drove alone	65.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	60.7%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	0.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	57	18
Median year structure built	2001	1990