Cost of living in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,250 a month.
Fayetteville is a city in North Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $58,407 a year.
- People
- 210,815
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,250
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $58,407
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $188,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,476
- Fayetteville, NC HUD Metro FMR Area
Fayetteville, North Carolina has about 210,815 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $188,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Cumberland County is $1,476 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Fayetteville. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Fayetteville, NC metro area, prices sit at 92.0 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
North Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Fayetteville's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical North Carolina home paid 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Fayetteville's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for North Carolina in the table we use.
Among 407 places we list in North Carolina with a rent figure, 121 have higher typical rent than Fayetteville.
Nearby places
- Spring Lake
Typical rent $1,351
Compare with Fayetteville - Hope Mills
Typical rent $1,141
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Typical rent $1,274
Compare with Fayetteville - Eastover
Typical rent $888
Compare with Fayetteville - Vander
Typical rent $929
Compare with Fayetteville - Anderson Creek
Typical rent $1,251
Compare with Fayetteville - Spout Springs
Typical rent $2,010
Compare with Fayetteville - Raeford
Typical rent $833
Compare with Fayetteville
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in North Carolina
Bigger places in North Carolina
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.