What is the population of Fayette city?

Fayette city has 1,602 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #154 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Fayette city?

Median household income in Fayette city is $25,383 a year, 67.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fayette city?

Median gross rent is $416 a month and the median home value is $73,800, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.

Is Fayette city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fayette city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fayette, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fayette, Mississippi (Fayette, MS — Census place “Fayette city”) is 1,602 residents, ranking #154 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $25,383, the median home is worth $73,800 and median gross rent runs $416 a month. Looking for the Fayette Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fayette, MS: 39069.

Population: 1,602Fayette city residents
Median household income: $25,383Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $73,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $416Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.3%Owner-occupied households

Fayette ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fayette.

The Fayette MS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

39069

What the numbers mean in Fayette city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fayette city median would spend about 19.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 37.5% of residents and 50.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fayette city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fayette city is a small town in Mississippi, with 1,602 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #154 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 64% of them. The median age here is 35.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Fayette city earn a median of $25,383 a year, 67.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 43% below the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 37.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fayette city is valued at $73,800, 75.7% below the national figure and 39% below the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $416 a month, 70.4% below the national figure, or roughly $4,992 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 50.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Fayette city?: Fayette city has 1,602 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #154 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Fayette city?: Median household income in Fayette city is $25,383 a year, 67.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fayette city?: Median gross rent is $416 a month and the median home value is $73,800, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.
Is Fayette city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fayette city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fayette city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.