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Fayetteville, NC
209,496 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3722920 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Fayetteville ranked #318 of 340 cities and 13th 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: Winston-Salem NC, Durham NC, Fort Wayne IN, Wilmington NC, Tallahassee FL, Montgomery AL, Lubbock TX, Fort Collins CO, Lexington KY, Macon-Bibb County GA, Augusta GA, Columbus GA, Greensboro NC · 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 | #318 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #116 | #178 | #218 | #176 | #106 | #135 | #179 | #256 | #224 | #253 | #240 | #295 | #308 | #279 | #291 | #252 | #244 | #330 | #318 | #333 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 196,391 | 197,609 | 197,394 | 198,060 | 200,121 | 208,337 | 208,745 | 208,884 | 211,069 | 210,076 | 209,596 | 211,065 | 209,091 | 210,748 | 211,657 | 210,894 | 212,265 | 211,425 | 209,873 | 209,496 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #313 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -3.0 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -0.7 | +0.3 | — | -0.3 | -2.1 | -0.6 | -1.7 | -1.8 | -0.6 | -1.7 | -0.2 | -0.3 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -1.1 | -1.4 | -1.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #152 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 5 in its peer group with data | 7.6 | 9.5 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #312 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 20.3% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 19.8% | 24.0% | 23.2% | 23.4% | 23.5% | 22.7% | 25.0% | 25.9% | 24.4% | 24.9% | 24.8% | 26.3% | — | 24.8% | 24.6% | 25.1% | 30.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #265 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 7.1 | 7.6 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 15.6 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 15.2 | 22.1 | 18.0 | 22.9 | 14.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #234 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 160.6 | 252.3 | 269.0 | 266.8 | 193.9 | 147.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 80,793 | 82,609 | 81,280 | 81,560 | 79,009 | 79,322 | 81,030 | 79,647 | 80,216 | 79,498 | 80,648 | 82,251 | 81,302 | 82,732 | 81,285 | 80,158 | 80,847 | 82,912 | 87,467 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #100 of 329 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.1 | -0.5 | -2.0 | -0.2 | +1.5 | -1.3 | +1.2 | -2.5 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +1.1 | +0.2 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.3 | +1.1 | -1.7 | +0.9 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68,905 | 68,767 | 68,929 | 75,777 | 76,408 | 76,546 | 80,577 | 78,322 | 79,504 | — | 75,200 | 74,513 | 80,498 | 78,302 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #256 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.4% | 15.7% | 13.7% | 9.9% | 11.5% | 10.1% | 9.2% | 7.5% | 7.9% | — | 9.5% | 8.4% | 6.5% | 6.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #202 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 39% | 24% | 31% | 22% | 29% | 36% | 27% | 20% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 18% | 16% | 14% | 23% | 21% | 28% | 2% | 11% | 17% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #262 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $2,088 | $2,767 | $2,166 | $1,746 | $1,539 | $1,564 | $1,465 | $1,338 | $1,190 | $1,117 | $1,717 | $2,051 | $1,913 | $2,044 | $2,379 | $2,218 | $1,987 | $3,602 | $4,188 | $5,462 |
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.