Elevation of Fayetteville, North Carolina
102ft
above sea level · 31 m
Fayetteville is a city in North Carolina with 209,120 people, the 6th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 74th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 35.05° N · 78.88° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 35° 3′ 10″ N · 78° 52′ 42″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 17S · 693,494 E · 3,880,941 N
- Zone 17 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 209,120 people
- 148 sq mi of land · 1,410 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 3 m grid
- Data from December 2002: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Fayetteville had 209,120 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, about the same as in April 2020 (208,427). Its 148 sq mi of land work out to 1,410 people/sq mi; the state average is 230 people/sq mi.
It’s the 6th most populous of the 776 places the Census counts in North Carolina (cities, towns and CDPs), after Charlotte (964,784), and holds 1.9% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Cumberland County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 5.8 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Fayetteville sits at 102 ft (31 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Fayetteville is 760 ft below it.
The state capital, Raleigh, is 52 mi away in a straight line and 213 ft higher than Fayetteville.
Of the 10 cities in North Carolina with a page, Fayetteville is the 2nd lowest: the highest is High Point (922 ft) and the lowest is Wilmington (37 ft).
The highest point in North Carolina is Mount Mitchell, at 6,684 ft according to the USGS: 6,582 ft above Fayetteville, 197 mi away in a straight line.
- 176 Fayetteville 102 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Fayetteville.
What is the elevation of Fayetteville?
Fayetteville is 102 feet (31 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Fayetteville?
Latitude 35.05266 and longitude -78.87836, in decimal degrees (35° 3′ 10″ N · 78° 52′ 42″ W). In UTM, zone 17: 693,494 E and 3,880,941 N, on NAD83.
How does Fayetteville rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 74th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Fayetteville in?
Cumberland County, North Carolina.
Which is higher, Fayetteville or Raleigh?
Raleigh. Fayetteville sits at 102 ft and Raleigh at 315 ft: a difference of 213 ft, 52 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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