577,726 people live in Fayetteville, AR, which places it 98th of the 387 metropolitan areas. Households, home values, education, business density, and which trades are already crowded, all from Census data.
The metropolitan statistical area covers Fayetteville, Springdale and Rogers.
The median home is worth $307,200, 8 percent below the national figure, which shapes what homeowners will spend on repairs and upgrades. Household income runs $81,650 here, which is in line with the national figure.
Three quick reads on the people of Fayetteville, AR. 62.3% of homes are lived in by their owners, 3 points below the US share. Among adults 25 and over, 35.9% have at least a bachelor's degree, about the same as the US share. The unemployment rate stands at 3.3%, 2 points below the US share. Median age 34.7, 4.2 years below the national median.
Compared with Arkansas: income is 34 percent higher than the Arkansas figure, home values are 63 percent higher than the Arkansas figure, and business density is 7 percent denser than the Arkansas figure.
The establishment count for Fayetteville, AR is 14,311. Relative to population, 24.8 per 1,000 residents, in line with the national figure. The home-services trades that most often advertise locally number 762 establishments, a 5.3% share, about the same as the US share. The most numerous category on this page is restaurants at 1,026.
| Trade | Establishments | Per 100,000 residents | vs US mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete foundation and structure contractors | 61 | 10.6 | 1.53× |
| Automobile dealers | 107 | 18.5 | 1.33× |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 240 | 41.5 | 1.26× |
| Self-storage facilities | 39 | 6.8 | 1.23× |
| Electrical contractors | 172 | 29.8 | 1.21× |
| Lessors of real estate (all) | 261 | 45.2 | 1.12× |
| Roofing contractors | 47 | 8.1 | 1.08× |
| Restaurants and other eating places | 1,026 | 177.6 | 0.97× |
| Landscaping services | 193 | 33.4 | 0.96× |
| Dentists | 219 | 37.9 | 0.94× |
| Legal services | 288 | 49.9 | 0.93× |
| Beauty salons | 131 | 22.7 | 0.91× |
| Physicians' offices | 330 | 57.1 | 0.88× |
| Child day care services | 120 | 20.8 | 0.85× |
| Personal care services (all) | 234 | 40.5 | 0.85× |
| General freight trucking | 157 | 27.2 | 0.78× |
| Highway, street and bridge construction | 11 | 1.9 | 0.69× |
| Other specialty trade contractors (paving, asphalt, fencing) | 49 | 8.5 | 0.67× |
| General automotive repair | 92 | 15.9 | 0.63× |
| Grocery and convenience retailers | 104 | 18 | 0.61× |
Index: local share of all establishments divided by the US share; above 1 means the trade is more common here than nationally.
Where competition is thickest: concrete contractors, automobile dealers, plumbing and HVAC contractors and self-storage operators all hold a larger share of the local base than they do nationally. The sharpest example is concrete contractors: 61 establishments, 1.5 times the share seen nationally. Under-represented categories: grocery stores, general automotive repair, specialty trade contractors and road and paving contractors. Grocery stores number just 104, about 61% of the US share, which is room for a well-run operator to be the obvious choice. Roofing contractors, landscaping services and dentists sit near their national proportions.
Relative to population the leaders are restaurants (177.6 per 100,000 residents), physicians' offices and legal services. Restaurants (1,026), physicians' offices (330) and legal services (288) are the biggest categories by establishment count. Taken as groups, the strongest relative to the US mix are the home-services trades (about the same as the national share) and the weakest are automotive businesses (about the same as).
Because concrete contractors, automobile dealers and plumbing and HVAC contractors are over-represented, a new entrant in those categories competes for a fixed pool of searches against many established profiles. Reviews, photos, response time and a page that answers the exact query are what move the needle; simply outbidding is expensive. A business in grocery stores, general automotive repair and specialty trade contractors enters a lightly contested auction. That is the time to build organic visibility and a review base before the category fills in. The population is younger than the national median (4.2 years below the national median), which raises the value of Instagram, streaming and AI-answer visibility next to search.
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Data: US Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimates and County Business Patterns 2023.