Fayetteville vs Greencastle

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

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

Greencastle has the higher population (4,237 vs 2,431 in Fayetteville). Greencastle has the higher median household income ($74,725 vs $52,165 in Fayetteville). Greencastle has the higher median home value ($255,200 vs $171,800 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Greencastle
Population	2,431	4,237
Median age	49.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,165	$74,725
Median home value	$171,800	$255,200
Median gross rent	$961	$886
Housing units	1,315	1,853
Homeownership rate	76.3%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Greencastle
Population	3,047 → 2,431 (-20.2%)	4,013 → 4,237 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$52,198 → $52,165 (-0.1%)	$63,993 → $74,725 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $171,800 (+13.3%)	$172,700 → $255,200 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $961 (+8.7%)	$866 → $886 (+2.3%)

Fayetteville

Population

3,0472,431

Median household income

$52,198$52,165

Median home value

$151,600$171,800

Median gross rent

$884$961

Greencastle

Population

4,0134,237

Median household income

$63,993$74,725

Median home value

$172,700$255,200

Median gross rent

$866$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Greencastle
Under 5	8.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.5%
75 and over	13.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Greencastle
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	93.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Greencastle
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	49.7%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Greencastle
Drove alone	92.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Greencastle
1-unit, detached	88.7%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Greencastle
Poverty rate	5.7%	4.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1960	1969