Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety59#379/924
Economy49#469/925
Housing95#48/925
Health13#809/925
Healthcare11#822/923
Environment58#386/917
Education19#750/925
Infrastructure12#814/925
Community2#908/925
Leisure & amenities9#845/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Rent as share of income · low23.6%
95/100Tennessee 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Child care cost burden · low20.6%
94/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100Tennessee 7.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.41%
93/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Property crime rate · low706 /100k
83/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · low41.1%
82/100Tennessee 48.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low28.1%
0/100Tennessee 67.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low38 /100k
1/100Tennessee 212 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Average commute time · high30.8 min
3/100Tennessee 25.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · low-4.2%
3/100Tennessee -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Public EV charging ports · low0.5 /10k
4/100Tennessee 4.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Dentists · low28 /100k
4/100Tennessee 57 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.5 /1k (2021) → 4.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+867%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 42% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+42 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.3 /10k (2020) → 0.5 /10k (2025)
+92%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Grocery storesImproving
0.8 /10k (2020) → 1.6 /10k (2025)
+92%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.8% (2015-2019) → 80.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
52.0% (2019) → 38.0% (2023)
−14 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area improved on 14 of 22 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 0 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Grocery stores+92%0.8 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Gyms+92%0.3 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Rent burden−13 points54.3% → 41.1%
Homicides−100%5.5 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Restaurants+21%4.2 /10k → 5.2 /10k

Declined5

Violent crime+26%261 /100k → 329 /100k
Commute+2.0 min28.8 min → 30.8 min
Libraries−6.2%0.3 /10k → 0.3 /10k
Pharmacies−20%1.7 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Traffic deaths+13%18.2 /100k → 20.6 /100k

All 22 measures

Change of every measure of Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.0 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−4.1%	Little change	22%
Average commute time	28.8 min2015-2019	30.8 min2020-2024	+2.0 min	Declined	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Improved	37%
Broadband subscriptions	65.8%2015-2019	80.7%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	90%
Distance to an airport	35 mi2020	35 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	22.2 /100k2020	16.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−27%	Improved	53%
Firearm deaths	15.8 /100k2020	15.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.2%	Little change	55%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+92%	Improved	99%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	+92%	Improved	94%
High school diploma or higher	83.5%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	92%
Homicide rate	5.5 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,4882019	$66,5362024	+37%	Improved	81%
New business applications	6.1 /1k2020	9.6 /1k2025	+58%	Improved	68%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−20%	Declined	20%
Property crime rate	1,695 /100k2020	706 /100k2025	−58%	Improved	94%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−6.2%	Declined	20%
Rent-burdened households	54.3%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	99%
Restaurants and bars	4.2 /10k2020	5.2 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	93%
Suicide rate	20.8 /100k2020	17.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Improved	81%
Traffic deaths	18.2 /100k2015-2019	20.6 /100k2020-2024	+13%	Declined	40%
Unemployment rate	8.5%2020	3.7%2025	−4.8 points	Improved	91%
Violent crime rate	261 /100k2020	329 /100k2025	+26%	Declined	10%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area itself moved +11.7 points in standing on average over the same 22 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

35,946 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

14,849 households (±301)

Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k19%2,860
$25k–50k20%2,972
$50k–75k18%2,733
$75k–100k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

14,849 households (±301)

Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Own76%11,259
Rent24%3,590

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

15,964 workers (±644)

Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%13,083
Carpool8.8%1,407
Public transit0.8%†123

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Fayetteville, TN has 628 employer establishments, 174 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248), with 8,514 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,724. The Census Bureau also counts 2,718 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 628; 2,718 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 174; US 248
Paid employees: 8,514
Average annual pay: $45,724; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fayetteville, TN by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	42	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	651	$19,359	4
Ambulatory health care services	41	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	304	$45,625	71
Specialty trade contractors	38	10.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	151	$40,675	318
Gasoline stations	28	7.7	2.39×More than typical	127	$26,000	3
Religious organizations	25	6.9	1.25×About typical	164	$19,591	—
Full-service restaurants	22	6.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	245	$25,518	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	20	5.5	0.82×About typical	100	$41,760	285
Truck transportation	19	5.3	1.04×About typical	267	$87,086	114
Building equipment contractors	16	4.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	46	$42,717	73
Limited-service restaurants	16	4.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	394	$15,393	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	15	4.1	0.82×About typical	58	$56,155	64
Lessors of real estate	15	4.1	0.34×Fewer than typical	59	$31,153	176

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 36,157 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $9,073 on contracts performed in Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area: $0.25 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9,073; +43% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.25; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$9,073100%

Top recipients

ABSTON MACHINE SHOP, INC.$9,073100%

Spending by fiscal year

744.3KFY2017
62KFY2018
210KFY2019
2MFY2020
-9.3KFY2021
-58.7KFY2022
14.1KFY2023
20.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$5,83364%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$3,24036%

Largest awards

8512045739!LEVER,REMOTE CONTRO$5,833
ABSTON MACHINE SHOP, INC.· Lincoln County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· May 6, 2026 – May 6, 2026· SPE7L226V0374
8511977512!STRIKE,CATCH$3,240
ABSTON MACHINE SHOP, INC.· Lincoln County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 13, 2026 – Mar 13, 2026· SPE7L226V0230

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $266.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area: $7,242 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $266.9M; −9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,242; US $12,955
Loan face value: $21M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$159.3M60%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$32.3M12%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$25.7M9.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$16.7M6.2%
93.600 · Head Start$14.7M5.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$5.9M2.2%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$1.7M0.7%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$1.6M0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTH CENTRAL HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY, INC.$14.7M5.5%
FAYETTEVILLE, TN
FAYETTEVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY THE$1.3M0.5%
FAYETTEVILLE, TN
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.1M0.4%
NASHVILLE, TN
CENTERSTONE OF TENNESSEE, INC.$400K0.1%
NASHVILLE, TN
ARLINGTON SENIOR HOUSING INC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$207.6M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$35.6M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Administration for Children and Families$14.7M5.5%
Department of Health and Human Services
Farm Service Agency$2.9M1.1%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

202.1MFY2021
211.5MFY2022
221.1MFY2023
240.2MFY2024
293.4MFY2025
266.9MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Fayetteville, TN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Lincoln CountyCentral county2736,853

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

FayettevillePrincipal city7,057

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Areas based in Tennessee, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Fayetteville, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Fayetteville, TN

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type