Foster vs State Line City

A side-by-side comparison of Foster and State Line City: population, income, housing, and more.

Foster and State Line City 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 98 in State Line City). State Line City has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $60,833 in Foster). Foster has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $77,800 in State Line City).

Population, income & housing

	Foster	State Line City
Population	128	98
Median age	62.0 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,833	$62,500
Median home value	$166,400	$77,800
Housing units	58	51
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster	State Line City
Population	101 → 128 (+26.7%)	173 → 98 (-43.4%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $60,833 (-11.5%)	$46,875 → $62,500 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$135,900 → $166,400 (+22.4%)	$76,700 → $77,800 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $867 (+2.0%)

Foster

Population

101128

Median household income

$68,750$60,833

Median home value

$135,900$166,400

State Line City

Population

17398

Median household income

$46,875$62,500

Median home value

$76,700$77,800

Median gross rent

$850$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster	State Line City
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.1%
45 to 54	2.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	48.4%	30.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	7.1%
75 and over	14.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster	State Line City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.2%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster	State Line City
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	84.0%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster	State Line City
Drove alone	100.0%	94.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
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	State Line City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.1%
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%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Foster	State Line City
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1938	1968