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City in and county seat of Fayette County, Alabama

Fayette

$132kMedian Home
307Sunny Days/yr
View on Map· Pop. 4k· Elev. 364 ftWikipedia

Fayette is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fayette had a population of 4,285.Wikipedia

About the RegionSoutheast

The Southeast has become the most active real estate market in the United States. Charlotte, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Nashville's broader metro have all absorbed sustained in-migration driven by warmer weather, relatively lower housing costs than comparable Sun Belt metros, and — in Florida and Tennessee — no state income tax. The Research Triangle between Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill has emerged as a genuine rival to established tech corridors, anchored by Duke, UNC, and NC State.

The region's rapid growth has created real affordability pressure in cities that were bargains a decade ago. Asheville, Savannah, and coastal Florida markets have seen sharp appreciation, narrowing the cost advantage that drew transplants in the first place. Coastal areas across the Southeast also carry increasing flood and hurricane insurance costs as storm frequency and severity trends upward. Long, hot, and humid summers are a material lifestyle consideration — June through September in much of the region is genuinely intense.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$132k
Median Home Price
Household Income
$32k
Median annual
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Livability

School Rating
8.4/10
Internet
No internet coverage data yet.
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Climate

Sunshine
307
sunny days per year
84% of the year
Comfort Score
70/100
Good
Rainfall
59"
inches per year
Air Quality
43
Good AQI
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Demographics

Population4k
Altitude364 ftabove sea level
Median Age44 yrs
College Educated16%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home1%of workforce

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