Fayette County

Parcel & Property Data

21,817Total Parcels

—Avg. Market Value

446,914Total Acres

About This Data

LandBrief holds 21,817 parcel records for Fayette County, sourced from county records. Each includes the parcel boundary, and — where the county publishes them — owner, situs address, acreage, assessed values and legal description.

Data from the Fayette County assessor roll dated July 2025, loaded August 2026. See data sources for every county’s vintage.

Explore Fayette County

Largest landownersWho holds the most land in Fayette County, by total acreage.
Largest parcelsThe biggest individual tracts in the county, ranked by size.
Out-of-state ownersWho owns Fayette County from somewhere else, and where they live.

Fayette County by the Numbers

Median parcel size: 9.3 acres
measured from mapped boundaries
90th-percentile parcel: 57.8 acres
County land area: 458,523 acres
U.S. Census measurement
Communities: 19
63.8% of parcels outside any incorporated place
Out-of-state owners: 6.9% of parcels
by owner mailing address

Who Owns Fayette County?

Share of the county’s 21,817 parcels by the kind of owner on record. Classified from owner names, so the boundaries are approximate; an entity the rules cannot place counts as an individual.

Owner type	Share of parcels
Individuals	71.9%
Companies & organizations	9.7%
Trusts & estates	16.0%
Government	0.4%
Other / unclassified	2.1%

The largest owner on record is VANDALIA CITY OF with 168 parcels — see the full landowner leaderboard.

Parcel Records (~21,817 total)

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Parcel ID	Owner	Address	City	Acreage
19-16-07-300-001	G-BART PROPERTIES LLC	SEC 7-6N-3E SW	Unincorporated	189.00
09-20-31-100-001	FORD SHANNON	SEC 31-5N-3E NW	Unincorporated	187.00
13-06-07-100-001	ILLINOIS STATE OF	SEC 7-8N-1E NW	Unincorporated	175.00
13-06-07-100-001	ILLINOIS STATE OF	SEC 7-8N-1E NW	Unincorporated	175.00
07-18-04-300-001	BROOKS MICHAEL JEFFREY	SEC 4-5N-1E PT SW	Unincorporated	167.50
01-12-02-100-001	ESKER PROPERTIES LLC	SEC 2-7N-3E NW	Unincorporated	163.00
05-05-01-200-001	ILLINOIS STATE OF	SEC 1-8N-1W NE	Unincorporated	162.00
01-12-30-200-001	JENNINGS DAVID L	1862 E 2000 AVE	Saint Elmo	160.00
01-12-12-200-001	BUZZARD MICHAEL W REVOCALBE TRUST	2271 IL 128	Unincorporated	160.00
01-12-17-300-001	AUSTIN STEPHEN H TRUST	SEC 17-7-3E SW	Unincorporated	160.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many parcels are in Fayette County?

The Fayette County assessor roll on file records 21,817 parcels across 19 communities, with 63.8% lying outside any incorporated place.

Who owns the most land in Fayette County?

VANDALIA CITY OF holds 168 parcels, the most of any owner on record — the largest-landowners leaderboard ranks the top 25.

What is the typical parcel size in Fayette County?

Measured from mapped boundaries, the median parcel is 9.3 acres, and nine parcels in ten are under 57.8 acres. Boundary-measured area closely tracks deeded acreage but is not the deed.

How much of Fayette County is owned from out of state?

6.9% of parcels list an owner mailing address outside IL, per the county’s own records.

How much of Fayette County is government-owned?

Government entities — federal, state, and local — hold 0.4% of the county’s parcels, classified from owner names on the roll.

How current is this data?

It comes from the Fayette County assessor roll dated July 2025. Counties deliver on their own schedules; the methodology page explains how records are processed and the data sources page tracks every county’s vintage.

Browse by City (19)

21,817 parcels across 19 communities in Fayette County.