Fayetteville vs Mont Alto

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

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (2,431 vs 1,531 in Mont Alto). Mont Alto has the higher median household income ($74,722 vs $52,165 in Fayetteville). Mont Alto has the higher median home value ($188,000 vs $171,800 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Mont Alto
Population	2,431	1,531
Median age	49.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,165	$74,722
Median home value	$171,800	$188,000
Median gross rent	$961	$1,291
Housing units	1,315	634
Homeownership rate	76.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Mont Alto
Population	3,047 → 2,431 (-20.2%)	1,783 → 1,531 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$52,198 → $52,165 (-0.1%)	$62,159 → $74,722 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $171,800 (+13.3%)	$142,600 → $188,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $961 (+8.7%)	$986 → $1,291 (+30.9%)

Fayetteville

Population

3,0472,431

Median household income

$52,198$52,165

Median home value

$151,600$171,800

Median gross rent

$884$961

Mont Alto

Population

1,7831,531

Median household income

$62,159$74,722

Median home value

$142,600$188,000

Median gross rent

$986$1,291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Mont Alto
Under 5	8.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	6.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	19.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.7%
75 and over	13.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Mont Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	84.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Mont Alto
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.6%
High school graduate	49.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Mont Alto
Drove alone	92.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Mont Alto
1-unit, detached	88.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Mont Alto
Poverty rate	5.7%	12.9%
Average household size	1.92	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1960	1969