Fayetteville vs Montgomery

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

Fayetteville and Montgomery 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 1,635 in Montgomery). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($59,659 vs $26,797 in Montgomery). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $117,300 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Montgomery
Population	2,864	1,635
Median age	48.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,659	$26,797
Median home value	$165,000	$117,300
Median gross rent	$1,035	$628
Housing units	1,406	921
Homeownership rate	69.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Montgomery
Population	2,806 → 2,864 (+2.1%)	1,592 → 1,635 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $59,659 (+31.7%)	$23,625 → $26,797 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $165,000 (+26.5%)	$77,200 → $117,300 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,035 (+27.8%)	$474 → $628 (+32.5%)

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

Montgomery

Population

1,5921,635

Median household income

$23,625$26,797

Median home value

$77,200$117,300

Median gross rent

$474$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Montgomery
Under 5	3.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	2.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	18.2%
75 and over	18.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	6.9%
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%	16.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Montgomery
No high school diploma	15.4%	12.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Montgomery
Drove alone	50.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	23.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.7%
Walked	9.5%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	84.9%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	19.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	17.9%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Montgomery
Poverty rate	22.2%	29.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1971	1972