Fayetteville vs Woolsey

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

Fayetteville and Woolsey 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 253 in Woolsey). Woolsey has the higher median household income ($100,833 vs $82,144 in Fayetteville). Woolsey has the higher median home value ($465,600 vs $331,700 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Woolsey
Population	19,364	253
Median age	43.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,144	$100,833
Median home value	$331,700	$465,600
Median gross rent	$1,592	—
Housing units	7,889	90
Homeownership rate	68.0%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Woolsey
Population	17,586 → 19,364 (+10.1%)	193 → 253 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$73,526 → $82,144 (+11.7%)	$87,083 → $100,833 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $331,700 (+48.0%)	$325,800 → $465,600 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,157 → $1,592 (+37.6%)	—

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

Woolsey

Population

193253

Median household income

$87,083$100,833

Median home value

$325,800$465,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Woolsey
Under 5	5.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.5%
75 and over	9.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Woolsey
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	85.0%
Black or African American	39.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Woolsey
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.5%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Woolsey
Drove alone	81.8%	59.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	30.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Woolsey
1-unit, detached	67.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Woolsey
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1998	1988