Fostoria vs Vassar

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

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

Vassar has the higher population (2,704 vs 1,081 in Fostoria). Fostoria has the higher median household income ($95,491 vs $61,827 in Vassar). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($140,400 vs $134,600 in Vassar).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Vassar
Population	1,081	2,704
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,491	$61,827
Median home value	$140,400	$134,600
Median gross rent	$1,091	$726
Housing units	359	1,169
Homeownership rate	84.4%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Vassar
Population	563 → 1,081 (+92.0%)	2,576 → 2,704 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $95,491 (+65.0%)	$36,631 → $61,827 (+68.8%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $140,400 (+32.1%)	$85,500 → $134,600 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,091 (+45.5%)	$636 → $726 (+14.2%)

Fostoria

Population

5631,081

Median household income

$57,857$95,491

Median home value

$106,300$140,400

Median gross rent

$750$1,091

Vassar

Population

2,5762,704

Median household income

$36,631$61,827

Median home value

$85,500$134,600

Median gross rent

$636$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Vassar
Under 5	8.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	3.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	10.1%
75 and over	1.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Vassar
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Vassar
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	65.7%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Vassar
Drove alone	86.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	15.2%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Vassar
1-unit, detached	87.5%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fostoria	Vassar
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.3%
Average household size	3.01	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1968	1967