About Fayetteville
Fayetteville is a mid-size city in southern North Carolina counting 209,496 people who proudly call it home. It ranks as the 6th largest city in North Carolina.
Fayetteville holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 148.27 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,413 residents per square mile.
📰 Fayetteville News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Fayetteville Unique
- A top-25 city in North Carolina by population (#6 of 549 incorporated places).
- One of 11 places in the US named Fayetteville — but the North Carolina one has a character all its own.
- Unusually large footprint: 148.27 sq mi of land — bigger than many US counties' seats.
- Positioned in southern North Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A deep job market and services that draw people from across the region.
- Serious economic gravity — one of the region's employment and cultural hubs.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Fayetteville
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Fayetteville
- Applebee's — american
- Army City Steak & Gyro
- Chuck E. Cheese — pizza
- Clean Eatz
- Crazy Fire Mongolian Grill — mongolian grill
- Haymount Truckstop — american
- Hunan Garden Chinese Restaurant — chinese
- Jaggers — american
- KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot — korean
- Latitude 35 Bar and Grill — american
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Airborne and Special Operations Museum · Museum
- Chuck E. Cheese
- Edgar Allen Poe's House · Museum
- Museum of the Cape Fear · Museum
- Main Event
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fayetteville
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Fayetteville
- Alderman Road Elementary
- Anne Chesnutt Middle
- Ashley Elementary
- Brentwood Elementary
- Cape Fear High
- Cliffdale Elementary
- College Lakes Elementary
- Cumberland Mills Elementary
- Cumberland Road Elementary
- Douglas Byrd High
- Douglas Byrd Middle
- Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary
- J W Coon Elementary
- Lewis Chapel Middle
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Fayetteville Nc Va Medical Center ★★★★★ (5/5 CMS rating)
- Cape Fear Valley Medical Center ★★ (2/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.