Fostoria vs Greenville

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

Fostoria and Greenville 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 70 in Greenville). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $44,375 in Greenville). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $70,000 in Greenville).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Greenville
Population	184	70
Median age	56.4 yrs	26.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$44,375
Median home value	$150,900	$70,000
Housing units	108	39
Homeownership rate	92.7%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Greenville
Population	211 → 184 (-12.8%)	75 → 70 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $83,125 (+11.5%)	$45,000 → $44,375 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $150,900 (+41.2%)	$50,000 → $70,000 (+40.0%)
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

Greenville

Population

7570

Median household income

$45,000$44,375

Median home value

$50,000$70,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Greenville
Under 5	0.5%	17.1%
5 to 17	8.7%	30.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	4.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	21.2%	2.9%
55 to 64	30.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	7.1%
75 and over	11.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	85.7%
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%	14.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Greenville
No high school diploma	7.2%	16.2%
High school graduate	35.3%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Greenville
Drove alone	83.1%	86.2%
Carpooled	16.1%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	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)

	Fostoria	Greenville
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	Greenville
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.9%
Average household size	1.92	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1952	1938