Fayetteville vs Stedman

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

Fayetteville and Stedman 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 1,613 in Stedman). Stedman has the higher median household income ($105,491 vs $56,395 in Fayetteville). Stedman has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $171,900 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Stedman
Population	209,692	1,613
Median age	30.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,395	$105,491
Median home value	$171,900	$205,800
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,539
Housing units	91,309	645
Homeownership rate	46.5%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Stedman
Population	210,432 → 209,692 (-0.4%)	1,364 → 1,613 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$45,024 → $56,395 (+25.3%)	$66,563 → $105,491 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $171,900 (+31.2%)	$161,600 → $205,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,179 (+24.5%)	$777 → $1,539 (+98.1%)

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

Stedman

Population

1,3641,613

Median household income

$66,563$105,491

Median home value

$161,600$205,800

Median gross rent

$777$1,539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Stedman
Under 5	7.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	22.5%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	19.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	20.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.1%
75 and over	5.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Stedman
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	69.6%
Black or African American	41.0%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.6%
Asian	3.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Stedman
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	25.6%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Stedman
Drove alone	74.2%	89.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Stedman
1-unit, detached	61.4%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Stedman
Poverty rate	18.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1983	2003