Fayetteville vs Taft

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

Fayetteville and Taft 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 305 in Taft). Since 2019, Taft's population has grown faster (+12.5% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Taft
Population	7,037	305
Median age	36.0 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,890	—
Median home value	$191,100	—
Median gross rent	$753	—
Housing units	3,175	127
Homeownership rate	55.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Taft
Population	7,034 → 7,037 (+0.0%)	271 → 305 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$36,010 → $50,890 (+41.3%)	—
Median home value	$105,400 → $191,100 (+81.3%)	$222,700 → $278,600 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $753 (+11.4%)	—

Fayetteville

Population

7,0347,037

Median household income

$36,010$50,890

Median home value

$105,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$676$753

Taft

Population

271305

Median home value

$222,700$278,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Taft
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	32.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	21.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	22.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	3.9%
75 and over	11.3%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Taft
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	18.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Taft
No high school diploma	13.6%	48.5%
High school graduate	45.5%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	6.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Taft
Drove alone	89.0%	88.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Taft
1-unit, detached	68.4%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	40.9%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Taft
Poverty rate	16.2%	43.9%
Average household size	2.26	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1966	1994