Caro vs Fostoria

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

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

Caro has the higher population (4,284 vs 1,081 in Fostoria). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($95,491 vs $41,940 in Caro). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($140,400 vs $102,200 in Caro).

Population, income & housing

	Caro	Fostoria
Population	4,284	1,081
Median age	40.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,940	$95,491
Median home value	$102,200	$140,400
Median gross rent	$728	$1,091
Housing units	2,004	359
Homeownership rate	62.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caro	Fostoria
Population	4,054 → 4,284 (+5.7%)	563 → 1,081 (+92.0%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $41,940 (+22.8%)	$57,857 → $95,491 (+65.0%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $102,200 (+31.4%)	$106,300 → $140,400 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $728 (+4.4%)	$750 → $1,091 (+45.5%)

Caro

Population

4,0544,284

Median household income

$34,167$41,940

Median home value

$77,800$102,200

Median gross rent

$697$728

Fostoria

Population

5631,081

Median household income

$57,857$95,491

Median home value

$106,300$140,400

Median gross rent

$750$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caro	Fostoria
Under 5	5.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	3.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	20.0%
75 and over	9.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caro	Fostoria
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caro	Fostoria
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caro	Fostoria
Drove alone	77.9%	86.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caro	Fostoria
1-unit, detached	70.6%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Caro	Fostoria
Poverty rate	26.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.18	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1961	1968