Fayetteville vs Mount Hope

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

Fayetteville and Mount Hope 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 1,369 in Mount Hope). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($59,659 vs $26,983 in Mount Hope). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $91,900 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Mount Hope
Population	2,864	1,369
Median age	48.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,659	$26,983
Median home value	$165,000	$91,900
Median gross rent	$1,035	$545
Housing units	1,406	665
Homeownership rate	69.6%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Mount Hope
Population	2,806 → 2,864 (+2.1%)	980 → 1,369 (+39.7%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $59,659 (+31.7%)	$23,333 → $26,983 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $165,000 (+26.5%)	$67,600 → $91,900 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,035 (+27.8%)	$268 → $545 (+103.4%)

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

Mount Hope

Population

9801,369

Median household income

$23,333$26,983

Median home value

$67,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$268$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Mount Hope
Under 5	3.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	9.0%
18 to 24	2.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	18.3%
75 and over	18.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Mount Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	15.5%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Mount Hope
No high school diploma	15.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Mount Hope
Drove alone	50.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	23.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.7%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Mount Hope
1-unit, detached	84.9%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Mount Hope
Poverty rate	22.2%	26.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1971	1951