Foster vs Plainview

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

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

Plainview has the higher population (1,241 vs 32 in Foster). Since 2019, Plainview's population has grown faster (-11.2% vs -36.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Foster	Plainview
Population	32	1,241
Median age	50.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,100
Median home value	—	$86,900
Median gross rent	—	$818
Housing units	17	576
Homeownership rate	87.5%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster	Plainview
Population	50 → 32 (-36.0%)	1,398 → 1,241 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$78,125 → $68,750 (-12.0%)	$44,883 → $56,100 (+25.0%)
Median home value	—	$80,900 → $86,900 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $818 (+22.6%)

Foster

Population

5032

Median household income

$78,125$68,750

Plainview

Population

1,3981,241

Median household income

$44,883$56,100

Median home value

$80,900$86,900

Median gross rent

$667$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster	Plainview
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	16.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	21.9%	8.5%
75 and over	21.9%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	9.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster	Plainview
No high school diploma	9.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	54.5%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster	Plainview
Drove alone	44.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	33.3%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster	Plainview
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Foster	Plainview
Poverty rate	21.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1948	1953