Fairgrove vs Fostoria

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

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

Fostoria has the higher population (1,081 vs 492 in Fairgrove). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($95,491 vs $37,500 in Fairgrove). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($140,400 vs $75,600 in Fairgrove).

Population, income & housing

	Fairgrove	Fostoria
Population	492	1,081
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$95,491
Median home value	$75,600	$140,400
Median gross rent	$755	$1,091
Housing units	224	359
Homeownership rate	88.2%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairgrove	Fostoria
Population	511 → 492 (-3.7%)	563 → 1,081 (+92.0%)
Median household income	$41,818 → $37,500 (-10.3%)	$57,857 → $95,491 (+65.0%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $75,600 (+11.0%)	$106,300 → $140,400 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $755 (+4.1%)	$750 → $1,091 (+45.5%)

Fairgrove

Population

511492

Median household income

$41,818$37,500

Median home value

$68,100$75,600

Median gross rent

$725$755

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)

	Fairgrove	Fostoria
Under 5	4.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	6.7%	3.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	20.0%
75 and over	6.7%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairgrove	Fostoria
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	0.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairgrove	Fostoria
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	43.8%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairgrove	Fostoria
Drove alone	74.3%	86.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairgrove	Fostoria
1-unit, detached	90.6%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairgrove	Fostoria
Poverty rate	17.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.31	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1959	1968