Foster vs Marshfield

A side-by-side comparison of Foster and Marshfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Foster and Marshfield are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Foster has the higher population (128 vs 84 in Marshfield). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $60,833 in Foster). Since 2019, Marshfield's population has grown faster (+90.9% vs +26.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Foster	Marshfield
Population	128	84
Median age	62.0 yrs	81.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,833	$105,833
Median home value	$166,400	—
Housing units	58	34
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster	Marshfield
Population	101 → 128 (+26.7%)	44 → 84 (+90.9%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $60,833 (-11.5%)	$141,944 → $105,833 (-25.4%)
Median home value	$135,900 → $166,400 (+22.4%)	—

Foster

Population

101128

Median household income

$68,750$60,833

Median home value

$135,900$166,400

Marshfield

Population

4484

Median household income

$141,944$105,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster	Marshfield
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	27.4%
45 to 54	2.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	48.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.7%
75 and over	14.1%	51.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster	Marshfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster	Marshfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	84.0%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster	Marshfield
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster	Marshfield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foster	Marshfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1938	1966