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Fayetteville vs Little Rock

Fayetteville, NC compared with Little Rock, AR · 758 miles apart

Fayetteville has 209,120 residents to Little Rock’s 206,427. Fayetteville comes out ahead on price to income. Little Rock does better on median household income, median rent, homeownership.

Fayetteville, NC Little Rock, AR
Population 209,120 206,427
Density (per sq mi) 1,410 1,703
Median household income $58,407 $63,003
Median home value $188,000 $236,400
Median rent $1,250 $1,106
Homeownership 47.4% 53.5%
Average commute 19.1 min 18.5 min
Median age 30.6 35.9
Bachelor's degree + 29% 44.6%
Poverty rate 17.7% 17.5%
Unemployment 7.9% 4.1%
Price to income 3.2× 3.8×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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