Fostoria vs Webb

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

Fostoria and Webb 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 147 in Webb). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $70,179 in Webb). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $64,300 in Webb).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Webb
Population	184	147
Median age	56.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$70,179
Median home value	$150,900	$64,300
Median gross rent	—	$979
Housing units	108	63
Homeownership rate	92.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Webb
Population	211 → 184 (-12.8%)	207 → 147 (-29.0%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $83,125 (+11.5%)	$57,692 → $70,179 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $150,900 (+41.2%)	$64,300 → $64,300 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $750 (+4.3%)	$908 → $979 (+7.8%)

Fostoria

Population

211184

Median household income

$74,583$83,125

Median home value

$106,900$150,900

Median gross rent

$719$750

Webb

Population

207147

Median household income

$57,692$70,179

Median home value

$64,300$64,300

Median gross rent

$908$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Webb
Under 5	0.5%	13.6%
5 to 17	8.7%	4.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	21.1%
25 to 34	3.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	4.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	21.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	30.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.8%
75 and over	11.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Webb
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	98.6%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Webb
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	35.3%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Webb
Drove alone	83.1%	79.7%
Carpooled	16.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Webb
1-unit, detached	95.4%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fostoria	Webb
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1952	1948