Fayetteville vs Smithers

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

Fayetteville and Smithers 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 891 in Smithers). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($59,659 vs $32,237 in Smithers). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $72,800 in Smithers).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Smithers
Population	2,864	891
Median age	48.1 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,659	$32,237
Median home value	$165,000	$72,800
Median gross rent	$1,035	$496
Housing units	1,406	436
Homeownership rate	69.6%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Smithers
Population	2,806 → 2,864 (+2.1%)	1,104 → 891 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $59,659 (+31.7%)	$31,000 → $32,237 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $165,000 (+26.5%)	$113,400 → $72,800 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,035 (+27.8%)	$577 → $496 (-14.0%)

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

Smithers

Population

1,104891

Median household income

$31,000$32,237

Median home value

$113,400$72,800

Median gross rent

$577$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Smithers
Under 5	3.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	2.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	5.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	28.8%
75 and over	18.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Smithers
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.7%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Smithers
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Smithers
Drove alone	50.4%	35.3%
Carpooled	23.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	45.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Smithers
1-unit, detached	84.9%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Smithers
Poverty rate	22.2%	35.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	15
Median year structure built	1971	1946