Fayetteville vs Wayne Heights

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

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

Wayne Heights has the higher population (3,496 vs 2,431 in Fayetteville). Wayne Heights has the higher median household income ($88,450 vs $52,165 in Fayetteville). Wayne Heights has the higher median home value ($256,300 vs $171,800 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Wayne Heights
Population	2,431	3,496
Median age	49.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,165	$88,450
Median home value	$171,800	$256,300
Median gross rent	$961	$1,163
Housing units	1,315	1,405
Homeownership rate	76.3%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Wayne Heights
Population	3,047 → 2,431 (-20.2%)	2,616 → 3,496 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$52,198 → $52,165 (-0.1%)	$66,620 → $88,450 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $171,800 (+13.3%)	$206,600 → $256,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $961 (+8.7%)	$936 → $1,163 (+24.3%)

Fayetteville

Population

3,0472,431

Median household income

$52,198$52,165

Median home value

$151,600$171,800

Median gross rent

$884$961

Wayne Heights

Population

2,6163,496

Median household income

$66,620$88,450

Median home value

$206,600$256,300

Median gross rent

$936$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Wayne Heights
Under 5	8.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	17.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	4.9%
75 and over	13.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Wayne Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Wayne Heights
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	49.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Wayne Heights
Drove alone	92.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Wayne Heights
1-unit, detached	88.7%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	22.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Wayne Heights
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1960	1992