Fayetteville vs Vander

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

Fayetteville and Vander 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 1,614 in Vander). Vander has the higher median household income ($63,611 vs $56,395 in Fayetteville). Vander has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $171,900 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Vander
Population	209,692	1,614
Median age	30.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,395	$63,611
Median home value	$171,900	$219,900
Median gross rent	$1,179	$916
Housing units	91,309	732
Homeownership rate	46.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Vander
Population	210,432 → 209,692 (-0.4%)	1,006 → 1,614 (+60.4%)
Median household income	$45,024 → $56,395 (+25.3%)	$37,423 → $63,611 (+70.0%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $171,900 (+31.2%)	$115,600 → $219,900 (+90.2%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,179 (+24.5%)	$814 → $916 (+12.5%)

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

Vander

Population

1,0061,614

Median household income

$37,423$63,611

Median home value

$115,600$219,900

Median gross rent

$814$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Vander
Under 5	7.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	14.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	19.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.4%
75 and over	5.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Vander
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	55.0%
Black or African American	41.0%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	3.3%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Vander
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	25.6%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Vander
Drove alone	74.2%	91.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	8.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Vander
1-unit, detached	61.4%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Vander
Poverty rate	18.1%	29.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1983	1991