20 census tracts

Fayetteville.Arkansas housing market

This Fayetteville housing market report covers about 39,300 homes across 20 census tracts. Population grew 2.4% a year from 2020 to 2025, the 3rd fastest of the 137 markets with Census population estimates. For August 2026, the average listing price is $650,082 across 619 active listings (Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory).

The University of Arkansas' Old Main above downtown Fayetteville at golden hour
The University of Arkansas' Old Main above downtown at golden hour. Alexander Griffin/Adobe Stock
Average listing price
$650,082
619 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
Population growth
+2.4%
a year, 2020 to 2025 · Census population estimates
Approximate homes
39,300
across 20 assigned tracts
Vacant homes
10.0%
of all homes
Renter-occupied
61%
of occupied homes

Fayetteville housing market context

These are city-level figures. To see how one property measures up against your goal, run a specific address.

01.

Location score distribution

How location scores vary across 20 census tracts in Fayetteville.

median 70.2 62 78

Half of Fayetteville's tracts score between 67 and 74. The full range spans 62 to 78, with a median of 70.2.

Distribution of tract scores
Median (70.2)
Mean (70.2)

What the location score shows

PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.

The middle half of Fayetteville's tracts is 7.2 points wide on the score, wider than in 106 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.

To see the location score for your specific property, analyze a property

02.

Housing composition

Key housing statistics for approximately 39,300 homes in Fayetteville, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.

Tenure of occupied homes: owner 39%, renter 61%.
Tenure of occupied homes Owner 39% · Renter 61%
Housing occupancy: occupied 90.0%, vacant 10.0%.
Occupancy Occupied 90.0% · Vacant 10.0%

Of about 39,300 homes, 10.0% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 61% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.

By structure type, about 54% of Fayetteville’s housing units are in single-family structures, 8% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 36% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.

03.

How Fayetteville compares

Fayetteville's median is above the Arkansas median on 5 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 5. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.

How Fayetteville compares with Arkansas and United States medians
Metric Fayetteville lower · median · upper Fayetteville Arkansas AR United States US
Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
$37,844 $52,812 $78,652 $56,256 $77,171
Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
48% 54% 58% 30% 41%
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
39% 43% 48% 31% 32%
FHFA HPI · 2025
6.5% every tract 5.2% 5.2%
HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
4.4% 4.7% 5.1% 3.0% 3.8%
Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
1.36% every tract 1.36% 1.65%
Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
0.60% 0.60% 0.61% 1.00% 0.56%
Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
26.5% 29.1% 34.9% 28.1% 30.8%
04.

About this data

PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.

Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.

The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.

These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.

05.

Nearby markets

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