Foster vs Williamsport

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

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

Williamsport has the higher population (1,921 vs 128 in Foster). Foster has the higher median household income ($60,833 vs $56,875 in Williamsport). Foster has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $132,500 in Williamsport).

Population, income & housing

	Foster	Williamsport
Population	128	1,921
Median age	62.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,833	$56,875
Median home value	$166,400	$132,500
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	58	835
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster	Williamsport
Population	101 → 128 (+26.7%)	2,028 → 1,921 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $60,833 (-11.5%)	$49,563 → $56,875 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$135,900 → $166,400 (+22.4%)	$92,900 → $132,500 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$714 → $783 (+9.7%)

Foster

Population

101128

Median household income

$68,750$60,833

Median home value

$135,900$166,400

Williamsport

Population

2,0281,921

Median household income

$49,563$56,875

Median home value

$92,900$132,500

Median gross rent

$714$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster	Williamsport
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	2.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	48.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.1%
75 and over	14.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster	Williamsport
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster	Williamsport
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	84.0%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster	Williamsport
Drove alone	100.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster	Williamsport
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Foster	Williamsport
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1938	1969