Fayetteville vs Lenzburg

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

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

Lenzburg has the higher population (513 vs 381 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($56,458 vs $44,722 in Lenzburg). Lenzburg has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $85,300 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Lenzburg
Population	381	513
Median age	33.8 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$44,722
Median home value	$85,300	$92,500
Median gross rent	—	$645
Housing units	161	228
Homeownership rate	84.4%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Lenzburg
Population	379 → 381 (+0.5%)	454 → 513 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$58,889 → $56,458 (-4.1%)	$39,850 → $44,722 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $85,300 (+17.3%)	$64,200 → $92,500 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $758 (+5.4%)	$810 → $645 (-20.4%)

Fayetteville

Population

379381

Median household income

$58,889$56,458

Median home value

$72,700$85,300

Median gross rent

$719$758

Lenzburg

Population

454513

Median household income

$39,850$44,722

Median home value

$64,200$92,500

Median gross rent

$810$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Lenzburg
Under 5	12.1%	10.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	0.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.9%	16.8%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	5.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	6.4%
75 and over	4.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Lenzburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Lenzburg
No high school diploma	13.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Lenzburg
Drove alone	88.3%	91.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Lenzburg
1-unit, detached	72.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Lenzburg
Poverty rate	10.6%	17.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1956	1968