Fayetteville vs Sylacauga

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

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

Sylacauga has the higher population (12,388 vs 1,135 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($73,342 vs $46,384 in Sylacauga). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $156,800 in Sylacauga).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Sylacauga
Population	1,135	12,388
Median age	51.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,342	$46,384
Median home value	$228,500	$156,800
Median gross rent	—	$717
Housing units	600	5,891
Homeownership rate	92.9%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Sylacauga
Population	1,378 → 1,135 (-17.6%)	12,226 → 12,388 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$55,568 → $73,342 (+32.0%)	$36,068 → $46,384 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $228,500 (+117.2%)	$131,600 → $156,800 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$609 → $717 (+17.7%)

Fayetteville

Population

1,3781,135

Median household income

$55,568$73,342

Median home value

$105,200$228,500

Sylacauga

Population

12,22612,388

Median household income

$36,068$46,384

Median home value

$131,600$156,800

Median gross rent

$609$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Sylacauga
Under 5	2.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	19.6%
35 to 44	19.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	5.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	28.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.9%
75 and over	9.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Sylacauga
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	63.7%
Black or African American	4.8%	31.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Sylacauga
No high school diploma	10.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Sylacauga
Drove alone	65.8%	88.4%
Carpooled	16.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Sylacauga
1-unit, detached	60.7%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Sylacauga
Poverty rate	0.5%	24.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	57	23
Median year structure built	2001	1973