Fayetteville vs Peachtree City

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

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

Peachtree City has the higher population (38,977 vs 19,364 in Fayetteville). Peachtree City has the higher median household income ($111,421 vs $82,144 in Fayetteville). Peachtree City has the higher median home value ($461,000 vs $331,700 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Peachtree City
Population	19,364	38,977
Median age	43.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,144	$111,421
Median home value	$331,700	$461,000
Median gross rent	$1,592	$1,915
Housing units	7,889	15,821
Homeownership rate	68.0%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Peachtree City
Population	17,586 → 19,364 (+10.1%)	35,443 → 38,977 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$73,526 → $82,144 (+11.7%)	$101,121 → $111,421 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $331,700 (+48.0%)	$338,900 → $461,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,157 → $1,592 (+37.6%)	$1,408 → $1,915 (+36.0%)

Fayetteville

Population

17,58619,364

Median household income

$73,526$82,144

Median home value

$224,100$331,700

Median gross rent

$1,157$1,592

Peachtree City

Population

35,44338,977

Median household income

$101,121$111,421

Median home value

$338,900$461,000

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Peachtree City
Under 5	5.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.4%
75 and over	9.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Peachtree City
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	69.3%
Black or African American	39.2%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	5.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Peachtree City
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	25.5%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Peachtree City
Drove alone	81.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.3%	24.2%
Other means	0.6%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Peachtree City
1-unit, detached	67.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	8.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Peachtree City
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1998	1993