Attica vs Fostoria

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

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

Fostoria has the higher population (12,671 vs 637 in Attica). Attica has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $52,943 in Fostoria). Attica has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $81,500 in Fostoria).

Population, income & housing

	Attica	Fostoria
Population	637	12,671
Median age	53.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$52,943
Median home value	$111,800	$81,500
Median gross rent	$625	$759
Housing units	318	5,838
Homeownership rate	70.3%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attica	Fostoria
Population	870 → 637 (-26.8%)	13,316 → 12,671 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $70,000 (+25.1%)	$39,688 → $52,943 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $111,800 (+25.8%)	$66,600 → $81,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $625 (+3.8%)	$667 → $759 (+13.8%)

Attica

Population

870637

Median household income

$55,938$70,000

Median home value

$88,900$111,800

Median gross rent

$602$625

Fostoria

Population

13,31612,671

Median household income

$39,688$52,943

Median home value

$66,600$81,500

Median gross rent

$667$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attica	Fostoria
Under 5	1.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	6.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	21.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	21.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.3%
75 and over	7.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attica	Fostoria
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attica	Fostoria
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	48.2%	52.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attica	Fostoria
Drove alone	82.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	16.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	8.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attica	Fostoria
1-unit, detached	76.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Attica	Fostoria
Poverty rate	9.4%	19.6%
Average household size	2.12	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1955	1953