Fostoria vs Gillett Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Fostoria and Gillett Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Fostoria and Gillett Grove are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fostoria has the higher population (184 vs 35 in Gillett Grove). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $62,500 in Gillett Grove). Since 2019, Gillett Grove's population has grown faster (+16.7% vs -12.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Gillett Grove
Population	184	35
Median age	56.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	—
Median home value	$150,900	$62,500
Housing units	108	17
Homeownership rate	92.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Gillett Grove
Population	211 → 184 (-12.8%)	30 → 35 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $83,125 (+11.5%)	$25,000 → $46,250 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $150,900 (+41.2%)	$40,000 → $62,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $750 (+4.3%)	—

Fostoria

Population

211184

Median household income

$74,583$83,125

Median home value

$106,900$150,900

Median gross rent

$719$750

Gillett Grove

Population

3035

Median household income

$25,000$46,250

Median home value

$40,000$62,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Gillett Grove
Under 5	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	34.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	4.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	21.2%	17.1%
55 to 64	30.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	22.9%
75 and over	11.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Gillett Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	71.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	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	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Gillett Grove
No high school diploma	7.2%	21.7%
High school graduate	35.3%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	4.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Gillett Grove
Drove alone	83.1%	92.9%
Carpooled	16.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Gillett Grove
1-unit, detached	95.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fostoria	Gillett Grove
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.9%
Average household size	1.92	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1952	1945