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Little Rock vs Fayetteville

Little Rock, AR compared with Fayetteville, AR · 138 miles apart

Little Rock has 206,427 residents to Fayetteville’s 106,623. Little Rock comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate. Fayetteville does better on median rent, bachelor's degree +, unemployment.

Little Rock, AR Fayetteville, AR
Population 206,427 106,623
Density (per sq mi) 1,703 1,947
Median household income $63,003 $62,695
Median home value $236,400 $349,600
Median rent $1,106 $1,065
Homeownership 53.5% 41.8%
Average commute 18.5 min 18.5 min
Median age 35.9 28.8
Bachelor's degree + 44.6% 49%
Poverty rate 17.5% 20.6%
Unemployment 4.1% 4%
Price to income 3.8× 5.6×

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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