Fayetteville, Arkansas, home to the University of Arkansas, is definitely a young people's city. With a median age of only 26.9 years (nearly ten years below that of the state as a whole) this is really the place to be if you're starting out on your own in the world. Though the population of the city itself is only around 70,000, Fayetteville is part of the larger metropolitan area of Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, which can boast of an overall population of 420,000 residents. This means that this seemingly little city is Arkansas is really no small potatoes.

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Fayetteville itself holds bragging rights for receiving a number of awards and titles. Thanks to the stellar track and field program at the University of Arkansas, which has won forty-two national championships to date, the city is frequently known as the "Track Capital of the World". It also received eighth place in Forbes Magazine's list of the Top Ten Places in America for Business and Careers and seventh in Kiplinger's Best Cities to Work, Live and Play list.

Not surprisingly, Fayetteville is the second most highly educated city in the state of Arkansas, with over forty percent of its residents holding a Bachelor's degree or higher. It has the highest percentage of people with a Master's or higher, totalling more than seventeen percent. Notable residents of the city both display Fayetteville's athletic and academic achievements. They include PGA golfer John Daly, Broadway director Jason Moore, former president Bill Clinton, president of FOX television Ed Wilson and owner of the Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones, among many others.

The top employer in the city is none other than the University of Arkansas, with education jobs accounting for about six percent of the population. This is followed by the hospitality industry, manufacturing plants, and jobs in an office or business environment. Other areas of employment include construction, customer service and health care. This means that there is really something for everyone in Fayetteville.

For those looking to relocate to the area, there are four hospitals in town, ten public elementary schools and two public high schools. There are also four private elementary schools and a Christian high school. Along with the U of A, there are seven other post-secondary institutions near or in Fayetteville.