Fayetteville vs Petersburg

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

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (7,037 vs 579 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($58,942 vs $50,890 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $144,600 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Petersburg
Population	7,037	579
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,890	$58,942
Median home value	$191,100	$144,600
Median gross rent	$753	$648
Housing units	3,175	241
Homeownership rate	55.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Petersburg
Population	7,034 → 7,037 (+0.0%)	680 → 579 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$36,010 → $50,890 (+41.3%)	$43,984 → $58,942 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $191,100 (+81.3%)	$56,100 → $144,600 (+157.8%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $753 (+11.4%)	$606 → $648 (+6.9%)

Fayetteville

Population

7,0347,037

Median household income

$36,010$50,890

Median home value

$105,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$676$753

Petersburg

Population

680579

Median household income

$43,984$58,942

Median home value

$56,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$606$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Petersburg
Under 5	7.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.9%
75 and over	11.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	88.6%
Black or African American	18.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Petersburg
No high school diploma	13.6%	18.8%
High school graduate	45.5%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Petersburg
Drove alone	89.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	68.4%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Petersburg
Poverty rate	16.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1966	1965