Fayetteville vs Hilltop

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

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (2,864 vs 655 in Hilltop). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($59,659 vs $48,750 in Hilltop). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $61,900 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Hilltop
Population	2,864	655
Median age	48.1 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,659	$48,750
Median home value	$165,000	$61,900
Median gross rent	$1,035	—
Housing units	1,406	236
Homeownership rate	69.6%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Hilltop
Population	2,806 → 2,864 (+2.1%)	808 → 655 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $59,659 (+31.7%)	$71,167 → $48,750 (-31.5%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $165,000 (+26.5%)	$73,800 → $61,900 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,035 (+27.8%)	—

Fayetteville

Population

2,8062,864

Median household income

$45,313$59,659

Median home value

$130,400$165,000

Median gross rent

$810$1,035

Hilltop

Population

808655

Median household income

$71,167$48,750

Median home value

$73,800$61,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Hilltop
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	6.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	29.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.4%
75 and over	18.1%	24.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Hilltop
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Hilltop
No high school diploma	15.4%	19.5%
High school graduate	36.0%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Hilltop
Drove alone	50.4%	43.0%
Carpooled	23.7%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	13.1%
Other means	0.7%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Hilltop
1-unit, detached	84.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Hilltop
Poverty rate	22.2%	20.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1971	1949