Fayetteville vs Tontitown

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

Fayetteville and Tontitown 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 5,739 in Tontitown). Tontitown has the higher median household income ($80,987 vs $59,074 in Fayetteville). Tontitown has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $322,500 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Tontitown
Population	97,227	5,739
Median age	28.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,074	$80,987
Median home value	$322,500	$394,200
Median gross rent	$1,003	$1,219
Housing units	44,084	2,355
Homeownership rate	41.9%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Tontitown
Population	85,166 → 97,227 (+14.2%)	3,677 → 5,739 (+56.1%)
Median household income	$43,690 → $59,074 (+35.2%)	$73,009 → $80,987 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$207,600 → $322,500 (+55.3%)	$265,300 → $394,200 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,003 (+25.5%)	$1,092 → $1,219 (+11.6%)

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

Tontitown

Population

3,6775,739

Median household income

$73,009$80,987

Median home value

$265,300$394,200

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Tontitown
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	24.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	5.8%	13.1%
75 and over	3.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Tontitown
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	74.1%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	3.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	2.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Tontitown
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	21.7%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Tontitown
Drove alone	73.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.2%
Public transit	1.1%	1.7%
Walked	2.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Tontitown
1-unit, detached	51.1%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Tontitown
Poverty rate	21.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1996	1998