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The median home value in Fayette County, IL is $155,601 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.5% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$155,601
Year-over-Year
-0.5%
National Rank
#2517 of 3071
Fayette County ranks 56th out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -33.6% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Fayette County -2.8% below the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $60,944 a year against a typical home value of $155,601 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.6×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 14% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Fayette County recorded a violent crime rate of 42 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 874 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 12,008 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Fayette County is $155,601. That's down 0.5% from a year earlier. That is about 33.6% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Fayette County the 56th most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $60,944, so a typical home costs about 2.6× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Fayette County recorded 42 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 12,008 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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