Fayetteville vs Oak Hill

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

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

Oak Hill has the higher population (8,057 vs 2,864 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($59,659 vs $51,799 in Oak Hill). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $110,400 in Oak Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Oak Hill
Population	2,864	8,057
Median age	48.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,659	$51,799
Median home value	$165,000	$110,400
Median gross rent	$1,035	$826
Housing units	1,406	3,783
Homeownership rate	69.6%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Oak Hill
Population	2,806 → 2,864 (+2.1%)	8,336 → 8,057 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $59,659 (+31.7%)	$39,296 → $51,799 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $165,000 (+26.5%)	$97,200 → $110,400 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,035 (+27.8%)	$650 → $826 (+27.1%)

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

Oak Hill

Population

8,3368,057

Median household income

$39,296$51,799

Median home value

$97,200$110,400

Median gross rent

$650$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Oak Hill
Under 5	3.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.8%
75 and over	18.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Oak Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Oak Hill
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.8%
High school graduate	36.0%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Oak Hill
Drove alone	50.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	23.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	1.6%
Other means	0.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Oak Hill
1-unit, detached	84.9%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Oak Hill
Poverty rate	22.2%	16.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1971	1973