Fayetteville vs Guilford

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

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

Guilford has the higher population (3,673 vs 2,431 in Fayetteville). Guilford has the higher median household income ($121,112 vs $52,165 in Fayetteville). Guilford has the higher median home value ($270,800 vs $171,800 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Guilford
Population	2,431	3,673
Median age	49.4 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,165	$121,112
Median home value	$171,800	$270,800
Median gross rent	$961	$1,135
Housing units	1,315	1,419
Homeownership rate	76.3%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Guilford
Population	3,047 → 2,431 (-20.2%)	2,624 → 3,673 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$52,198 → $52,165 (-0.1%)	$100,261 → $121,112 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $171,800 (+13.3%)	$222,100 → $270,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $961 (+8.7%)	$1,242 → $1,135 (-8.6%)

Fayetteville

Population

3,0472,431

Median household income

$52,198$52,165

Median home value

$151,600$171,800

Median gross rent

$884$961

Guilford

Population

2,6243,673

Median household income

$100,261$121,112

Median home value

$222,100$270,800

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Guilford
Under 5	8.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	21.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.5%
75 and over	13.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Guilford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	75.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Guilford
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	49.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Guilford
Drove alone	92.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	23.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Guilford
1-unit, detached	88.7%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Guilford
Poverty rate	5.7%	1.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1960	1980