Fostoria vs Mayville

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

Fostoria and Mayville 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 971 in Mayville). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($95,491 vs $50,735 in Mayville). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($140,400 vs $108,700 in Mayville).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Mayville
Population	1,081	971
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,491	$50,735
Median home value	$140,400	$108,700
Median gross rent	$1,091	$697
Housing units	359	435
Homeownership rate	84.4%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Mayville
Population	563 → 1,081 (+92.0%)	905 → 971 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $95,491 (+65.0%)	$34,279 → $50,735 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $140,400 (+32.1%)	$68,600 → $108,700 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,091 (+45.5%)	$623 → $697 (+11.9%)

Fostoria

Population

5631,081

Median household income

$57,857$95,491

Median home value

$106,300$140,400

Median gross rent

$750$1,091

Mayville

Population

905971

Median household income

$34,279$50,735

Median home value

$68,600$108,700

Median gross rent

$623$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Mayville
Under 5	8.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	3.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	8.2%
75 and over	1.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Mayville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Mayville
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	65.7%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Mayville
Drove alone	86.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.5%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Mayville
1-unit, detached	87.5%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fostoria	Mayville
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.2%
Average household size	3.01	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1968	1946