Fostoria vs Peterson

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

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

Peterson has the higher population (373 vs 184 in Fostoria). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $76,875 in Peterson). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $86,700 in Peterson).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Peterson
Population	184	373
Median age	56.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$76,875
Median home value	$150,900	$86,700
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	108	202
Homeownership rate	92.7%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Peterson
Population	211 → 184 (-12.8%)	407 → 373 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $83,125 (+11.5%)	$60,357 → $76,875 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $150,900 (+41.2%)	$59,400 → $86,700 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $750 (+4.3%)	$700 → $850 (+21.4%)

Fostoria

Population

211184

Median household income

$74,583$83,125

Median home value

$106,900$150,900

Median gross rent

$719$750

Peterson

Population

407373

Median household income

$60,357$76,875

Median home value

$59,400$86,700

Median gross rent

$700$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Peterson
Under 5	0.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	8.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	3.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	21.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	30.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.9%
75 and over	11.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Peterson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
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%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Peterson
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.3%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Peterson
Drove alone	83.1%	88.7%
Carpooled	16.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Peterson
1-unit, detached	95.4%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Fostoria	Peterson
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1952	1938