Fayetteville vs Springdale

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

Fayetteville and Springdale 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 87,388 in Springdale). Springdale has the higher median household income ($66,044 vs $59,074 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $237,200 in Springdale).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Springdale
Population	97,227	87,388
Median age	28.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,074	$66,044
Median home value	$322,500	$237,200
Median gross rent	$1,003	$1,008
Housing units	44,084	31,077
Homeownership rate	41.9%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Springdale
Population	85,166 → 97,227 (+14.2%)	79,598 → 87,388 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$43,690 → $59,074 (+35.2%)	$50,343 → $66,044 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$207,600 → $322,500 (+55.3%)	$150,900 → $237,200 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,003 (+25.5%)	$777 → $1,008 (+29.7%)

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

Springdale

Population

79,59887,388

Median household income

$50,343$66,044

Median home value

$150,900$237,200

Median gross rent

$777$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Springdale
Under 5	5.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	22.1%
18 to 24	24.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	6.1%
75 and over	3.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Springdale
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	36.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	3.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	8.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.8%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Springdale
No high school diploma	4.9%	25.2%
High school graduate	21.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Springdale
Drove alone	73.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	15.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Springdale
1-unit, detached	51.1%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	15.2%
20 or more units	11.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Springdale
Poverty rate	21.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1996	1994