Fayetteville vs Waldo

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

Fayetteville and Waldo 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 282 in Waldo). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($73,342 vs $33,125 in Waldo). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $59,700 in Waldo).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Waldo
Population	1,135	282
Median age	51.9 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,342	$33,125
Median home value	$228,500	$59,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,256
Housing units	600	170
Homeownership rate	92.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Waldo
Population	1,378 → 1,135 (-17.6%)	235 → 282 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$55,568 → $73,342 (+32.0%)	$31,786 → $33,125 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$105,200 → $228,500 (+117.2%)	$62,000 → $59,700 (-3.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $1,256 (+52.2%)

Fayetteville

Population

1,3781,135

Median household income

$55,568$73,342

Median home value

$105,200$228,500

Waldo

Population

235282

Median household income

$31,786$33,125

Median home value

$62,000$59,700

Median gross rent

$825$1,256

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Waldo
Under 5	2.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	1.4%
25 to 34	5.6%	7.4%
35 to 44	19.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	5.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	28.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	24.1%
75 and over	9.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	62.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	32.3%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Waldo
No high school diploma	10.9%	18.5%
High school graduate	36.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Waldo
Drove alone	65.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Waldo
1-unit, detached	60.7%	34.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	56.5%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Waldo
Poverty rate	0.5%	25.6%
Average household size	2.25	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	57	56
Median year structure built	2001	1989