Farmington vs Fayetteville

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

Farmington 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 8,469 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median household income ($88,541 vs $59,074 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $249,900 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Fayetteville
Population	8,469	97,227
Median age	32.9 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,541	$59,074
Median home value	$249,900	$322,500
Median gross rent	$1,223	$1,003
Housing units	3,054	44,084
Homeownership rate	73.7%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Fayetteville
Population	6,992 → 8,469 (+21.1%)	85,166 → 97,227 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$57,586 → $88,541 (+53.8%)	$43,690 → $59,074 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$176,600 → $249,900 (+41.5%)	$207,600 → $322,500 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,223 (+30.2%)	$799 → $1,003 (+25.5%)

Farmington

Population

6,9928,469

Median household income

$57,586$88,541

Median home value

$176,600$249,900

Median gross rent

$939$1,223

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)

	Farmington	Fayetteville
Under 5	8.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	24.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	7.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	5.8%
75 and over	6.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Fayetteville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	73.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	0.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.4%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Fayetteville
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	32.9%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Fayetteville
Drove alone	78.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.8%	13.3%
Other means	6.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Fayetteville
1-unit, detached	80.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	22.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Fayetteville
Poverty rate	3.0%	21.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1998	1996