Fostoria vs Rossie

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

Fostoria and Rossie 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 91 in Rossie). Since 2019, Rossie's population has grown faster (+175.8% vs -12.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Rossie
Population	184	91
Median age	56.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	—
Median home value	$150,900	—
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	108	55
Homeownership rate	92.7%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Rossie
Population	211 → 184 (-12.8%)	33 → 91 (+175.8%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $83,125 (+11.5%)	—
Median home value	$106,900 → $150,900 (+41.2%)	—
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

Rossie

Population

3391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Rossie
Under 5	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	3.3%	3.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	21.2%	27.5%
55 to 64	30.4%	7.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	36.3%
75 and over	11.4%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Rossie
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.2%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Rossie
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Rossie
Drove alone	83.1%	71.4%
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%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Rossie
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	Rossie
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.3%
Average household size	1.92	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1952	1954