The population of Fayette county is estimated at 21,816. In 2017 there were 231 births and 200 deaths in Fayette county. Fayette county has 3,424 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,047 that are owned free and clear and 1,840 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fayette County filed 8,930 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Illinois filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Fayette had a combined total federal tax liability of $55,855,000 on earned income of $412,046,000. Other notable statistics from Fayette County were 630 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,312,000 and 1,010 charitable contributions valued at $5,521,000. 1,250 filings from Fayette County paid a combined total of $3,696,000 in property taxes and 910 filings paid $4,391,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fayette county had 57 religious congregations with an estimated 10,035 members.
11.9% of the Fayette population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Fayette County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 552 votes.
At $45,193 the median income is 71.7% of the Illinois average. An estimated 520 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fayette, the equivalant of around 5.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Fayette County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
987	Health care and social assistance
929	Retail trade
506	Accommodation and food services
439	Manufacturing
429	Restaurants and other eating places
378	Social assistance
341	Other general merchandise stores
341	General merchandise stores
321	Wholesale trade
278	Transportation and warehousing
208	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
191	Limited-service restaurants
157	Other services (except public administration)
139	Commercial banking
138	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

In 2018 the average price reduction was 7.14% in Fayette County.

In 2018 12.20% of listings in Fayette County.

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