Fayetteville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 57,783 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Fayetteville is the fourth largest community in Arkansas.

Fayetteville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fayetteville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fayetteville who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.96%), sales jobs (13.13%), and teaching (10.40%).

Fayetteville is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Fayetteville have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Fayetteville's economy is one such example of this.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fayetteville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.35 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Fayetteville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Fayetteville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 41.18% of adults in Fayetteville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fayetteville in 2000 was $18,311, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,244 for a family of four.

Fayetteville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fayetteville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fayetteville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fayetteville include German, English, Irish, Scottish, French, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Fayetteville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.