Fayetteville vs Talladega

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

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

Talladega has the higher population (15,041 vs 1,135 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($73,342 vs $46,820 in Talladega). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $116,600 in Talladega).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Talladega
Population	1,135	15,041
Median age	51.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,342	$46,820
Median home value	$228,500	$116,600
Median gross rent	—	$765
Housing units	600	6,499
Homeownership rate	92.9%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Talladega
Population	1,378 → 1,135 (-17.6%)	15,522 → 15,041 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$55,568 → $73,342 (+32.0%)	$27,719 → $46,820 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $228,500 (+117.2%)	$86,600 → $116,600 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$548 → $765 (+39.6%)

Fayetteville

Population

1,3781,135

Median household income

$55,568$73,342

Median home value

$105,200$228,500

Talladega

Population

15,52215,041

Median household income

$27,719$46,820

Median home value

$86,600$116,600

Median gross rent

$548$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Talladega
Under 5	2.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	13.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	19.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	28.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.0%
75 and over	9.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Talladega
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	39.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	53.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Talladega
No high school diploma	10.9%	24.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Talladega
Drove alone	65.8%	80.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.6%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Talladega
1-unit, detached	60.7%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Talladega
Poverty rate	0.5%	22.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	57	22
Median year structure built	2001	1970