Welch-Averiett House · Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Fayetteville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
23% of workers have no commute at all, against 9% across Alabama. Employers in Fayetteville report 143 jobs; 640 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Fayetteville B−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fayetteville, in brief
Fayetteville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 54 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 414 hours of commuting, 215 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fayetteville is a place people come home to
There are 143 jobs based in Fayetteville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fayetteville has about 660 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Fayetteville
23% of Fayetteville workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 640 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Fayetteville’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fayetteville is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Fayetteville’s grade up ($100,255, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Fayetteville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fayetteville could be anywhere from D to A−.
The trip to work from Fayetteville: about 54 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fayetteville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 284 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Fayetteville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 626 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Fayetteville on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Sylacauga
Where Fayetteville clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Fayetteville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fayetteville, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 143. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fayetteville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Fayetteville goes to work
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Fayetteville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fayetteville is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Fayetteville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 368 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.9% of Fayetteville households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fayetteville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fayetteville is 1,465th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 237 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 254 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,463 | Derry Township PA | 1,075 | $83K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,464 | Bevent WI | 1,051 | $92K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 1% | B− |
| 1,465 | Fayetteville AL | 1,154 | $100K | 7.3% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,466 | Morningside MD | 1,232 | $69K | 21.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,467 | Ligonier PA | 1,462 | $71K | 8.9% | 3.9% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fayetteville, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Fayetteville and its neighbors: 11% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fayetteville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | – | B− | D− | 54 min | $100,255 |
| Sylacauga | 11% | D | C+ | 24 min | $50,017 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sylacauga. Darker towns draw more of Fayetteville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fayetteville: questions
What is the median household income in Fayetteville?
$100,255 (±$39,396) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fayetteville?
7.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fayetteville?
54 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fayetteville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sylacauga (11%, 10 mi), Birmingham (9%, 32 mi), Childersburg (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fayetteville walkable?
Fayetteville is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fayetteville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fayetteville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fayetteville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.