Elkins vs Fayetteville

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

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (97,227 vs 3,710 in Elkins). Elkins has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $59,074 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $190,100 in Elkins).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Fayetteville
Population	3,710	97,227
Median age	32.9 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$59,074
Median home value	$190,100	$322,500
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,003
Housing units	1,440	44,084
Homeownership rate	84.4%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Fayetteville
Population	3,139 → 3,710 (+18.2%)	85,166 → 97,227 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$65,182 → $81,111 (+24.4%)	$43,690 → $59,074 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $190,100 (+36.3%)	$207,600 → $322,500 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,293 (+26.0%)	$799 → $1,003 (+25.5%)

Elkins

Population

3,1393,710

Median household income

$65,182$81,111

Median home value

$139,500$190,100

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,293

Fayetteville

Population

85,16697,227

Median household income

$43,690$59,074

Median home value

$207,600$322,500

Median gross rent

$799$1,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Fayetteville
Under 5	8.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	24.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	4.3%	5.8%
75 and over	8.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Fayetteville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	73.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.0%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Fayetteville
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.2%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Fayetteville
Drove alone	85.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	0.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.4%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Fayetteville
1-unit, detached	88.8%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Fayetteville
Poverty rate	4.8%	21.4%
Average household size	2.92	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	2002	1996