Cass City vs Fostoria

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

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

Cass City has the higher population (2,189 vs 1,081 in Fostoria). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($95,491 vs $55,500 in Cass City). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($140,400 vs $102,300 in Cass City).

Population, income & housing

	Cass City	Fostoria
Population	2,189	1,081
Median age	43.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,500	$95,491
Median home value	$102,300	$140,400
Median gross rent	$638	$1,091
Housing units	1,023	359
Homeownership rate	80.1%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass City	Fostoria
Population	2,353 → 2,189 (-7.0%)	563 → 1,081 (+92.0%)
Median household income	$47,344 → $55,500 (+17.2%)	$57,857 → $95,491 (+65.0%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $102,300 (+25.4%)	$106,300 → $140,400 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $638 (+10.4%)	$750 → $1,091 (+45.5%)

Cass City

Population

2,3532,189

Median household income

$47,344$55,500

Median home value

$81,600$102,300

Median gross rent

$578$638

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)

	Cass City	Fostoria
Under 5	5.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	3.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	20.0%
75 and over	12.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass City	Fostoria
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass City	Fostoria
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	45.2%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass City	Fostoria
Drove alone	89.0%	86.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass City	Fostoria
1-unit, detached	63.3%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Cass City	Fostoria
Poverty rate	16.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.50	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1971	1968