Eastover vs Fayetteville

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

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (209,692 vs 3,666 in Eastover). Eastover has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $56,395 in Fayetteville). Eastover has the higher median home value ($238,900 vs $171,900 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Eastover	Fayetteville
Population	3,666	209,692
Median age	44.7 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$56,395
Median home value	$238,900	$171,900
Median gross rent	$1,122	$1,179
Housing units	1,577	91,309
Homeownership rate	80.7%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastover	Fayetteville
Population	3,710 → 3,666 (-1.2%)	210,432 → 209,692 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$53,526 → $80,000 (+49.5%)	$45,024 → $56,395 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$183,900 → $238,900 (+29.9%)	$131,000 → $171,900 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,122 (+44.8%)	$947 → $1,179 (+24.5%)

Eastover

Population

3,7103,666

Median household income

$53,526$80,000

Median home value

$183,900$238,900

Median gross rent

$775$1,122

Fayetteville

Population

210,432209,692

Median household income

$45,024$56,395

Median home value

$131,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$947$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastover	Fayetteville
Under 5	3.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	14.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	19.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.4%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastover	Fayetteville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	34.8%
Black or African American	9.0%	41.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastover	Fayetteville
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	23.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastover	Fayetteville
Drove alone	78.5%	74.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastover	Fayetteville
1-unit, detached	86.6%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Eastover	Fayetteville
Poverty rate	13.6%	18.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1986	1983