The population of Fayette county is estimated at 39,575. In 2017 there were 418 births and 430 deaths in Fayette county. Fayette county has 8,510 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,403 that are owned free and clear and 2,592 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fayette County filed 19,030 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Tennessee filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Fayette had a combined total federal tax liability of $227,980,000 on earned income of $1,312,112,000. Other notable statistics from Fayette County were 420 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,310,000 and 4,930 charitable contributions valued at $43,098,000. 4,790 filings from Fayette County paid a combined total of $8,782,000 in property taxes and 4,330 filings paid $37,426,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fayette county had 80 religious congregations with an estimated 13,554 members.
22.4% of the Fayette population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 49% of Fayette County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 256 votes.
At $60,112 the median income is 117.1% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 737 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fayette, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Fayette County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,831	Manufacturing
924	Retail trade
611	Health care and social assistance
557	Accommodation and food services
543	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
540	Food services and drinking places
527	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
527	Administrative and support services
338	Professional, scientific, and technical services
321	Finance and insurance
288	Limited-service restaurants
287	Credit intermediation and related activities
279	Ambulatory health care services
268	Depository credit intermediation
268	Commercial banking

In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.52% in Fayette County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 38060 and 38028).

In 2018 17.50% of listings in Fayette County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 38060, 38068 and 38028) dropped their price.

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