Compare Fayetteville Metro Area, AR vs Arkansas (AR) vs United States

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Metric	Fayetteville Metro Area, AR Metro Area	Arkansas (AR) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	577,726	3,049,391	334,922,499
Rent	$1,157	$947	$1,413
Year built	1998	1987	1980
Household income	$81,650	$60,773	$80,734
Per capita income	$42,582	$34,225	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.8%	16.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.5%	4.0%
Household size	2.6	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	36.1%	39.4%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	577,726	3,049,391	334,922,499
Adults over 25	371,795	2,059,172	230,807,303
Total households	215,566	1,205,987	129,227,496
Household size	2.6	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$81,650	$60,773	$80,734
Per capita income	$42,582	$34,225	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.8%	16.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.5%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	36.1%	39.4%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,157	$947	$1,413
Year built	1998	1987	1980
Households that rent	37.7%	33.6%	34.8%
Households that own	62.3%	66.4%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.5	5.5	5.5
Race
White	61.7%	69.1%	61%
Black	2.3%	14.7%	12.2%
Asian	3.5%	1.6%	6%
Two or more races	25.1%	10.3%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	9%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	81.8%	91%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	86.4%	91.2%	84.9%
Commute time to work	22.0 min	22.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	13.6%	8.8%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	25.6%	29.5%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	29%	34.1%	26%
Some college or associate degree	9.4%	10.6%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	35.9%	25.7%	35.7%