Fayetteville, AR
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Fayetteville ranks 65th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 107th for income. A household earns $81,208 a year while median rent runs $1,222/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 9% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is job market (7th of 300), while health is the soft spot (205th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 141st and home prices 191st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Fayetteville, your take-home is worth about $64,112 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 107th of 300↑31.7%$81,208
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 75th of 30091 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $88,895
- Per-capita income
- $43,501
- Full-time pay
- $45,608
Housing
- Median rent
- 141st of 300↑45.5%$1,222/mo
- Home value
- 191st of 300↑84.7%$362,500
- Property tax
- $1,821/yr · 0.5%
- Sales tax
- 9.46%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 7th of 3002.2%
- Bachelor's+
- 97th of 30038.2%
- Avg commute
- 80th of 30022.3 min
People
- Population
- 605,547
- Population change
- +12.9%
- Median age
- 35.0 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 12.7%
- Broadband
- 95.2%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 80th of 30041
- Natural-hazard loss
- 142nd of 300$12/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 205th of 30020.3%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 11.9%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Cost of living
- + Job market
- + Education
- + Commute
- + Air quality
Watch-outs
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — fayetteville drake fld.
What jobs pay in Fayetteville
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $215,820
- Financial managers
- $147,410
- IT managers
- $141,940
- Pharmacists
- $138,770
- Lawyers
- $126,220
- Software developers
- $105,130
- Civil engineers
- $82,960
- General & operations managers
- $81,800
- Registered nurses
- $77,910
- Accountants & auditors
- $77,190
- Secondary school teachers
- $62,110
- Elementary school teachers
- $61,010
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $60,480
- Web developers
- $54,120
- Police officers
- $53,420
- Plumbers
- $52,100
- Electricians
- $49,230
- Carpenters
- $49,070
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $47,790
- Customer service reps
- $39,510
- Construction laborers
- $39,370
- Janitors
- $31,160
- Retail salespersons
- $30,300
- Cashiers
- $29,820
- Waiters & waitresses
- $26,210
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Fayetteville metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Arkansas are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Texas3,521
- Oklahoma2,309
- Missouri1,774
- California1,551
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Fayetteville metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Fayetteville metro?
- Median gross rent across the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area is $1,222 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Fayetteville.
- What is the median household income in the Fayetteville metro?
- A typical household in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area earns $81,208 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Fayetteville expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area runs about 9% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Fayetteville metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $88,895 (versus its face value of $81,208). CityLedger rates the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Fayetteville metro?
- The median home value across the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area is $362,500 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Fayetteville metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Metro Area is 2.2% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).