Fayetteville vs Tyrone

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

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (19,364 vs 7,803 in Tyrone). Tyrone has the higher median household income ($133,773 vs $82,144 in Fayetteville). Tyrone has the higher median home value ($436,600 vs $331,700 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Tyrone
Population	19,364	7,803
Median age	43.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,144	$133,773
Median home value	$331,700	$436,600
Median gross rent	$1,592	$1,110
Housing units	7,889	2,991
Homeownership rate	68.0%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	59.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Tyrone
Population	17,586 → 19,364 (+10.1%)	7,295 → 7,803 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$73,526 → $82,144 (+11.7%)	$103,929 → $133,773 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $331,700 (+48.0%)	$286,500 → $436,600 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,157 → $1,592 (+37.6%)	$999 → $1,110 (+11.1%)

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

Tyrone

Population

7,2957,803

Median household income

$103,929$133,773

Median home value

$286,500$436,600

Median gross rent

$999$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Tyrone
Under 5	5.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	20.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.9%
75 and over	9.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Tyrone
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	54.8%
Black or African American	39.2%	31.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.1%	3.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Tyrone
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	25.5%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Tyrone
Drove alone	81.8%	69.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.3%	22.6%
Other means	0.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Tyrone
1-unit, detached	67.3%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Tyrone
Poverty rate	7.1%	2.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1998	2000