Fayetteville vs Prairie Grove

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

Fayetteville and Prairie Grove 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 7,445 in Prairie Grove). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($59,074 vs $58,556 in Prairie Grove). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $226,800 in Prairie Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Prairie Grove
Population	97,227	7,445
Median age	28.7 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,074	$58,556
Median home value	$322,500	$226,800
Median gross rent	$1,003	$933
Housing units	44,084	2,852
Homeownership rate	41.9%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Prairie Grove
Population	85,166 → 97,227 (+14.2%)	5,845 → 7,445 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$43,690 → $59,074 (+35.2%)	$62,807 → $58,556 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$207,600 → $322,500 (+55.3%)	$152,700 → $226,800 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,003 (+25.5%)	$751 → $933 (+24.2%)

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

Prairie Grove

Population

5,8457,445

Median household income

$62,807$58,556

Median home value

$152,700$226,800

Median gross rent

$751$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Prairie Grove
Under 5	5.2%	10.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	24.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	8.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	6.7%
75 and over	3.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Prairie Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	75.6%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	17.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Prairie Grove
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Prairie Grove
Drove alone	73.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Prairie Grove
1-unit, detached	51.1%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Prairie Grove
Poverty rate	21.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1996	1999