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Cities · Core city · Washington County

Fayetteville

58,047 residents in 2000, 73,580 in 2010, 94,311 in 2020 — +28.2% over the last census decade, across 56.1 square miles.

Local sales tax, 12 months
$70.3M
▲ 2.7% vs prior 12
AR DFA · latest month $5.7M · 2026-07
Homes permitted, 12 months
2,280
▼ 4.4% vs prior 12
Census BPS · latest month 48 · 2026-08
Construction value, 12 months
$661.5M
Census BPS · declared residential construction value · 2026-08
Population, July 1, 2025
106,623
▲ 13.1% since 2020
Census estimate · 2020 census 94,311 · 2025

Sales-tax growth rank: #21 of 31 NWA cities (#4 of 6 Core cities), +2.7% over the twelve months to 2026-07 vs the twelve before. See the full ranking.

Momentum: 12-month sales-tax growth +2.7%, +4.5% a year ago (steady). Five-year pace +5.3% a year; population +2.4% a year. Growth Lab.

Follow Fayetteville: city feed (new sales-tax and permit months, large permits, hearings; works in any feed reader or feed-to-email service).

479 Growth Pressure Score: 56 of 100 (High), #11 of 30 cities. What goes into it. Compare Fayetteville with another city.

Home values (FHFA index), 2020–2025: ZIP 72701 +60.6% (last year +1.3%); ZIP 72703 +65.0% (last year +0.5%); ZIP 72704 +71.3% (last year +2.4%). Every ZIP.

Businesses with employees (Census), ZIP 72701 and 72703 and 72704: 3,380 locations in 2023, +11.0% since 2018, including 346 restaurants and bars and 138 doctors' offices and outpatient clinics. Tenant explorer.

Fayetteville: local sales-tax distributions
Monthly, 2010 → present — the register receipts of the city
Arkansas DFA Local Net Tax Distribution Reports. Month = distribution month; DFA publishes about two months behind.
Data through 2026-07 · Free to reuse with the credit line.
Fayetteville: residential units authorized
Single-family and multifamily, monthly, since 2015
U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, place level. Residential only; commercial permits come from the city's own records.
Data through 2026-08 · Free to reuse with the credit line.
Fayetteville on the map
City limits, corridor roads, and programmed road work. Permit dots appear when this city's feed lands.
Road workwideningnew road / interchangeintersectionbridgepreservation / other2045 long-range planPermitsretail / commercialmultifamilyindustrialofficeresidentialolder than 90 days
City limits: NWARPC. Permits: city records on county parcels. Roads: ARDOT jobs in the NARTS TIP and the 2045 plan via NWARPC. Line weight scales with published estimate.

Permits pulled

city Permits Issued records

[NEEDS DATA: Fayetteville's commercial permit feed isn't loaded yet. Residential permits above come from the Census survey; the city's own permit records join when its feed lands.]

On the agenda

2 project cards
  • Moon Distributors LSD renovation + receiving dock
    hearing 2026-08-10 industrialdistributionfayetteville
  • Mathias Shopping Centers 15,000 sf commercial (College Ave)
    hearing 2026-08-10 retailcommercialfayetteville

Hearings

public meetings
2026-08-24Planning Commission5 items
2026-08-10Planning Commission7 items

Full calendar on Hearings. Outcomes are not recorded until verified.

Corridors

  • I-49 corridor
    103 permits in 90 days · 3,492 commercial addresses · 29 programmed road jobs
  • Hwy 112
    36 permits in 90 days · 1,101 commercial addresses · 19 programmed road jobs
  • Joyce Blvd & College Ave
    permit records not loaded yet · 1 programmed road jobs

Programmed road work

ARDOT TIP
  • Truckers Dr. – Howard Nickell Rd. (Fayetteville) (S)
    Major Widening · NARTS TIP 2025–2028 · FY2025 · $36.7M est.
  • Stone Bridge Rd. – East Roberts Rd. (Fayetteville) (S)
    Major Widening · NARTS TIP 2027–2030 · FY2027 · $9.5M est.
  • Poplar St. – Drake St. (Fayetteville) (S)
    Major Widening · NARTS TIP 2025–2028 · FY2025 · $7.8M est.
  • W. of I-49 – S. School Ave. (Fayetteville) (S)
    2" Mill & 2" Overlay · Level Up & 2" Overlay; 2' Shoulders · NARTS TIP 2025–2028 · FY2027 · $2.9M est.
  • N. College Ave. – Hwy. 265 (Fayetteville) (S)
    Level Up & UTBWC · NARTS TIP 2025–2028 · FY2027 · $2.5M est.
  • Hwy. 112 – I-49 (Fayetteville) (S)
    2" Mill & 2" Overlay · NARTS TIP 2025–2028 · FY2027 · $1.6M est.

Own commercial property in Fayetteville? Tuesday's issue is three minutes on what changed for owners this week.

Also in Washington County: Farmington · Prairie Grove · Tontitown · Johnson · Elkins · West Fork · Lincoln · Goshen · Greenland · Winslow

Core cities: Springdale · Rogers · Bentonville · Siloam Springs · Bella Vista · all 32 cities