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Fayetteville, AR
103,134 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0523290 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Fayetteville ranked #37 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Fayetteville and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Norman OK, Murfreesboro TN, Charleston SC, High Point NC, Killeen TX, Concord NC, North Charleston SC, Greeley CO, Columbia SC, Menifee CA, Victorville CA, Denton TX, Davenport IA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #37 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #57 | #44 | #137 | #69 | #39 | #134 | #46 | #39 | #61 | #40 | #84 | #34 | #66 | #55 | #64 | #121 | #13 | #39 | #37 | #7 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 67,358 | 69,459 | 70,900 | 71,986 | 72,571 | 73,962 | 75,604 | 76,969 | 78,652 | 80,417 | 82,332 | 83,620 | 85,587 | 86,615 | 87,590 | 94,784 | 97,298 | 99,872 | 101,511 | 103,134 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #50 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +2.3 | +1.8 | +0.5 | -0.1 | +0.1 | — | +0.6 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #4 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 11 in its peer group with data | 16.3 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 24.9 | 5.4 | 3.4 | — | 4.9 | — | 8.1 | 7.3 | 10.1 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 18.4 | 9.1 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 21.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #48 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 18.8% | 18.6% | 20.5% | 17.5% | 19.0% | 24.1% | 22.8% | 22.4% | 22.8% | 22.3% | 20.9% | 24.1% | 20.7% | 23.2% | 22.7% | — | 17.0% | 21.0% | 24.9% | 20.3% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #189 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.0 | — | 4.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 7.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #122 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | 32.7 | 36.0 | 40.9 | 36.1 | 30.3 | 16.2 | 25.1 | 29.9 | 31.8 | 33.6 | 36.4 | 46.6 | 44.4 | 49.6 | 52.5 | 81.2 | 88.4 | 74.1 | 51.2 | 40.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 42,636 | 44,987 | 43,207 | 41,786 | 41,323 | 37,791 | 42,698 | 44,564 | 46,879 | 48,306 | 46,093 | 51,243 | 52,278 | 53,041 | 55,570 | 52,654 | 57,747 | 61,368 | 64,596 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #110 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.0 | +0.9 | -4.2 | -2.0 | +1.4 | -10.2 | +7.8 | +2.7 | +1.8 | -0.5 | -9.4 | +6.5 | -0.2 | -1.4 | +2.5 | -4.1 | +5.6 | +0.6 | +0.8 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39,283 | 38,890 | 38,053 | 44,263 | 41,015 | 41,349 | 40,749 | 43,717 | 43,473 | — | 51,270 | 50,127 | 52,589 | 54,905 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #4 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.3% | 8.1% | 7.6% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 3.0% | 8.7% | 4.3% | 7.3% | — | 3.6% | 7.0% | 3.1% | 2.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #48 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 37% | 35% | 31% | 34% | 27% | 25% | 28% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 31% | 32% | 35% | 37% | 35% | 37% | 39% | 38% | 42% | 37% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #76 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | $2,268 | $2,959 | $3,688 | $3,590 | $3,328 | $3,294 | $2,850 | $2,479 | $2,209 | $2,397 | $2,168 | $1,935 | $1,600 | $1,596 | $1,212 | $2,523 | $2,006 | $1,367 | $1,763 | $1,384 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Fayetteville. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.