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Fayette, Utah.

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What it costs per month · Fayette $2,797/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,525 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Utah $2,797 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Utah$2,797
  • United States$1,922

Living in Fayette, Sanpete County, Utah

Fayette is a town of 245 people in Sanpete County. Unemployment in Sanpete County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Sanpete County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 245 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Fayette for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.1% Sanpete County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Fayette for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Fayette is a very small town in Sanpete County, home to few people, and daily life here is quiet and rural. Winters are cold, with the coldest weather in January, and summers get properly hot by July. The year brings little rain and melted snow in total, so the climate leans dry.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, the building trades and shops also employing many. Across Sanpete County, the largest workplaces include Snow College, Sanpete Valley Hospital and Pitman Farms, Moroni Turkey Processing. Unemployment across the county is about where it was a year ago, and the county has added a few more jobs.

Things to do. The San Pitch River is a short drive away, and the Casino Star Theatre is also a short drive off. For more time outdoors, Palisade State Park is a longer drive, a protected area with room to get out and explore.

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  • 7%below the poverty line

What people in Sanpete County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Building trades9%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Farming, forestry and mining8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sanpete County had 9,524 jobs in 2025, 1.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 14°; warmest in July, 90° and 50° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 14° F M A M J J 90° 50° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 14°; warmest in July, 90° and 50° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 14° F M A M J J 90° 50° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 50°. About 14 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Manti Radio Kmti weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Sanpete County

  1. Snow CollegeUniversity or college660
  2. Pitman Farms, Moroni Turkey ProcessingMeat canning, poultry, manufacturing584
  3. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters224
  4. Central Utah TelephoneInternet service providers, using own operated wired telecommunications infrastructure172
  5. Christensen ArmsFirearms, small, manufacturing169
  6. Sanpete Valley HospitalGeneral medical and surgical hospitals158
  7. Gunnison Valley HospitalCritical access hospital142FTE
  8. Mission at Community Living and RehabilitationSkilled nursing facilities112

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 11 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,538 people in all across the county; Fayette has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningVery high
  2. Winter weatherVery high
  3. AvalanchesRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. DroughtRelatively moderate
  6. EarthquakesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fayette’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sanpete County.

Fayette home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Fayette address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Fayette — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.