Foster vs Passaic

A side-by-side comparison of Foster and Passaic: population, income, housing, and more.

Foster and Passaic are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Foster has the higher population (51 vs 42 in Passaic). Foster has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $50,750 in Passaic). Since 2019, Passaic's population has grown faster (+100.0% vs -69.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Foster	Passaic
Population	51	42
Median age	48.9 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$50,750
Median home value	$72,500	—
Housing units	40	17
Homeownership rate	63.3%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	41.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster	Passaic
Population	165 → 51 (-69.1%)	21 → 42 (+100.0%)
Median household income	$120,104 → $51,667 (-57.0%)	$41,250 → $50,750 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $72,500 (-33.1%)	—

Foster

Population

16551

Median household income

$120,104$51,667

Median home value

$108,300$72,500

Passaic

Population

2142

Median household income

$41,250$50,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster	Passaic
Under 5	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 17	2.0%	9.5%
18 to 24	13.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	28.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	25.5%	7.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.1%
75 and over	7.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster	Passaic
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.1%
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	0.0%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster	Passaic
No high school diploma	30.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster	Passaic
Drove alone	93.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster	Passaic
1-unit, detached	42.5%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	32.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Foster	Passaic
Poverty rate	15.7%	23.8%
Average household size	1.70	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1976	1948