Fostoria vs Reese

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

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

Reese has the higher population (1,303 vs 1,081 in Fostoria). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($95,491 vs $83,125 in Reese). Reese has the higher median home value ($174,600 vs $140,400 in Fostoria).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Reese
Population	1,081	1,303
Median age	36.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,491	$83,125
Median home value	$140,400	$174,600
Median gross rent	$1,091	$909
Housing units	359	585
Homeownership rate	84.4%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Reese
Population	563 → 1,081 (+92.0%)	1,397 → 1,303 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $95,491 (+65.0%)	$66,048 → $83,125 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $140,400 (+32.1%)	$115,700 → $174,600 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,091 (+45.5%)	$641 → $909 (+41.8%)

Fostoria

Population

5631,081

Median household income

$57,857$95,491

Median home value

$106,300$140,400

Median gross rent

$750$1,091

Reese

Population

1,3971,303

Median household income

$66,048$83,125

Median home value

$115,700$174,600

Median gross rent

$641$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Reese
Under 5	8.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	3.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	15.2%
75 and over	1.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Reese
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Reese
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	65.7%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Reese
Drove alone	86.0%	86.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.1%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Reese
1-unit, detached	87.5%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fostoria	Reese
Poverty rate	8.5%	2.9%
Average household size	3.01	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1968	1974