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About Fayetteville
City in Arkansas, United StatesFayetteville ( FAY-ət-vil) is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, United States, and its county seat. The population was 93,949 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 106,623 in 2025, making it the second-most populous city in Arkansas and the most populous city in Northwest Arkansas. Fayetteville is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, within the Ozarks. It is included in the three-county Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area, with 546,725 residents in 2020. Named after Fayetteville, Tennessee, from which many settlers had come, Fayetteville, Arkansas, was incorporated on November 3, 1836. It is home to the University of Arkansas, the state's flagship university. When classes are …
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How Fayetteville ranks
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Housing in Fayetteville
The typical Fayetteville home is worth about $384,000, up 4% in a year, 69% above the Arkansas typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Fayetteville
Safety Grade C-
Fayetteville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 44%.
Work & commute in Fayetteville
Full picture →45% of Fayetteville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Springdale (14%), Bentonville (7%) and Rogers (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.
Health in Fayetteville
Health Grade B
Healthier than 65% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 88% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Arkansas
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 13 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Fayetteville
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 44% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Fayetteville
Full climate →Fayetteville has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 26°, and about 7 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Fayetteville
All Fayetteville schools →School Grade A
The public schools Fayetteville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 88% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AR. Ratings are from neighbors.
Fayetteville is a college town
Colleges →of Fayetteville’s residents are enrolled in college. University of Arkansas has about 28,901 students on campus.
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