Living in Fayetteville, AR

Safety is something you'll want to plan around in Fayetteville. The violent crime index is 176, well above the national average of 100, and property crime sits at 173. This doesn't mean every part of the city is risky — many neighborhoods have strong community watch programs and low incident rates. But you absolutely need to research specific areas, invest in good locks and security, and be deliberate about where you choose to live. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report.

By most measures, yes. The median rent of $1,003/month against a median household income of $59,074/year works out to a 20.4% rent-to-income ratio. Financial planners generally want that number under 30%, so Fayetteville clears the bar with room to spare. You'll have breathing space for savings, car payments, and the occasional splurge. Numbers from Census ACS 2023.

The average worker in Fayetteville spends about 16 minutes getting to the office. Driving solo is the default (73.2%), with 13.3% working remotely and 1.1% on public transit. It's a fairly typical commute — not a selling point, not a dealbreaker.

Everything on this page is built from public government sources: rent and income figures from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023); commute and transportation data from Census ACS tables B08303 and B08006; crime rates from the FBI Uniform Crime Report. We refresh each dataset monthly through an automated pipeline and cross-check for anomalies. No surveys, no user-submitted guesses — just official federal data presented in a way that's actually useful for people researching a move.