† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFayetteville, TNTennesseeUnited States
American16.3%11.3%5.3%
English15.3%13.3%9.5%
Irish8.7%9.3%9.4%
German6.3%9.1%12.5%
Scottish1.8%2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.7%1.7%—
Dutch1.4%——
Italian1.1%2.2%4.8%
African American†5.6%14.3%9.9%
Mexican2.0%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.6%1.8%
Spanish0.3%——
Panamanian0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fayetteville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median age
42.9
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.1%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fayetteville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$64,667
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.6%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fayetteville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.9%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.6%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fayetteville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
1.9%
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
47.6%
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
41.4%
44.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fayetteville, TN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+45.3%
1896
+51.5%
1900
+50.8%
1904
+50.7%
1908
+52.6%
1912
+57.7%
1916
+66.7%
1920
+38.5%
1924
+72.8%
1928
+52.3%
1932
+81.9%
1936
+77.7%
1940
+75.6%
1944
+73.3%
1948
+63.8%
1952
+46.2%
1956
+56.7%
1960
+54.2%
1964
+47.5%
1968
+9.4%
1972
−26.5%
1976
+53.3%
1980
+30.1%
1984
+1.5%
1988
−7.7%
1992
+12.1%
1996
−1.9%
2000
−3.5%
2004
−26.4%
2008
−42.2%
2012
−49.1%
2016
−58.8%
2020
−60.0%
2024
−64.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
17.2%Harris2,782
81.9%Trump13,208
0.6%Kennedy89 +4
R+64.6
R+4.7
R+63.2
16,128
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican81.9%13,208
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic17.2%2,782
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.6%89
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.1%18
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%15
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%15
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%1
R
18.7%Biden2,919
78.7%Trump12,281
2.6%
R+60.0
R+1.2
R+64.4
15,608
R
19.1%Clinton2,554
77.9%Trump10,398
3.0%
R+58.8
R+9.7
R+60.9
13,348
R
24.8%Obama3,290
73.9%Romney9,803
1.3%
R+49.1
R+6.9
R+52.9
13,268
R
28.1%Obama3,695
70.3%McCain9,231
1.6%
R+42.2
R+15.8
R+49.4
13,130
R
36.5%Kerry4,546
62.8%Bush7,829
0.7%
R+26.4
R+22.8
R+23.9
12,457
R
47.5%Gore5,060
51.0%Bush5,435
1.5%
R+3.5
R+1.6
R+4.0
10,659
R
44.7%Clinton4,361
46.7%Dole4,551
8.6%
R+1.9
R+14.1
R+10.5
9,747
D
49.1%Clinton5,063
37.0%Bush3,814
13.8%
D+12.1
D+19.8
D+6.6
10,302
R
45.8%Dukakis3,672
53.5%Bush4,288
0.7%
R+7.7
R+9.2
±0.0
8,017
D
50.6%Mondale4,103
49.1%Reagan3,982
0.4%
D+1.5
R+28.6
D+19.7
8,114
D
64.1%Carter5,387
34.0%Reagan2,856
2.0%
D+30.1
R+23.2
D+39.8
8,409
D
76.2%Carter5,732
22.9%Ford1,724
0.8%
D+53.3
D+79.8
D+51.2
7,518
R
35.4%McGovern1,867
61.8%Nixon3,266
2.8%
R+26.5
R+35.9
R+3.3
5,281
O
25.6%Humphrey1,848
16.1%Nixon1,167
58.3%
Wallace +32.7
R+38.1
D+10.1
7,229
D
73.8%Johnson4,861
26.2%Goldwater1,728
0.0%
D+47.5
R+6.6
D+25.0
6,589
D
76.7%Kennedy4,862
22.5%Nixon1,428
0.8%
D+54.2
R+2.5
D+54.0
6,338
D
77.9%Stevenson4,434
21.2%Eisenhower1,207
0.9%
D+56.7
D+10.5
D+72.1
5,692
D
73.0%Stevenson4,510
26.8%Eisenhower1,654
0.2%
D+46.2
R+17.6
D+57.0
6,177
D
72.6%Truman2,969
8.8%Dewey361
18.5%
D+63.8
R+9.5
D+59.3
4,088
D
86.5%Roosevelt3,735
13.3%Dewey573
0.2%
D+73.3
R+2.3
D+65.8
4,316
D
87.6%Roosevelt3,781
12.1%Willkie521
0.3%
D+75.6
R+2.2
D+65.6
4,315
D
88.8%Roosevelt3,451
11.1%Landon430
0.2%
D+77.7
R+4.2
D+53.4
3,888
D
90.3%Roosevelt3,095
8.4%Hoover288
1.3%
D+81.9
D+29.6
D+64.1
3,429
D
76.0%Smith2,377
23.8%Hoover743
0.2%
D+52.3
R+20.6
D+69.7
3,127
D
85.9%Davis2,356
13.0%Coolidge357
1.1%
D+72.8
D+34.3
D+98.0
2,744
D
69.2%Cox2,463
30.6%Harding1,091
0.2%
D+38.5
R+28.2
D+64.7
3,560
D
83.1%Wilson2,791
16.4%Hughes552
0.4%
D+66.7
D+9.0
D+63.6
3,357
D
77.3%Wilson2,651
19.6%Taft672
3.1%
D+57.7
D+5.1
D+38.1
3,431
D
75.0%Bryan2,311
22.5%Taft692
2.5%
D+52.6
D+1.9
D+62.1
3,080
D
70.7%Parker2,227
20.0%Roosevelt631
9.2%
D+50.7
R+0.2
D+70.3
3,149
D
72.2%Bryan2,463
21.3%McKinley728
6.5%
D+50.8
R+0.7
D+58.4
3,412
D
73.9%Bryan3,269
22.4%McKinley992
3.6%
D+51.5
D+6.2
D+57.6
4,421
D
59.8%Cleveland2,429
14.5%Harrison590
25.6%
D+45.3
—
D+43.6
4,060
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
16.4%2,562
81.6%12,744
15,613
2020
R
17.5%2,644
79.5%12,019
15,109
2018
R
23.1%2,437
75.4%7,949
10,542
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Fayetteville, TN
Year
Total registered
2016
20,817
2018
20,215
2020
21,845
2022
22,870
2024
24,424
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+156 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +3,242 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Fayetteville, TN in Fayetteville, TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2
2012
+44
2013
+176
2014
−8
2015
+206
2016
+25
2017
+324
2018
+348
2019
+212
2021
+272
2022
+705
2023
+215
2024
+565
2025
+156
Fayetteville anchors Lincoln County, a rural-leaning corridor where industrial workers and an aging population have driven increasingly lopsided margins in statewide races over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 64.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.6 points.
A population of 35,946, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,667 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dyersburg, TN and Tullahoma-Manchester, TN.
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In 2024, Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 64.6 points (R+64.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,128 votes cast, 2,782 went Democratic and 13,208 went Republican.
When did Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee?
Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 35,946 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee is $64,667 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
