Bettsville vs Fostoria

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

Bettsville 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 655 in Bettsville). Bettsville has the higher median household income ($63,162 vs $52,943 in Fostoria). Bettsville has the higher median home value ($99,100 vs $81,500 in Fostoria).

Population, income & housing

	Bettsville	Fostoria
Population	655	12,671
Median age	34.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,162	$52,943
Median home value	$99,100	$81,500
Median gross rent	$633	$759
Housing units	266	5,838
Homeownership rate	76.9%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bettsville	Fostoria
Population	687 → 655 (-4.7%)	13,316 → 12,671 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$52,583 → $63,162 (+20.1%)	$39,688 → $52,943 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $99,100 (+25.1%)	$66,600 → $81,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $633 (-4.2%)	$667 → $759 (+13.8%)

Bettsville

Population

687655

Median household income

$52,583$63,162

Median home value

$79,200$99,100

Median gross rent

$661$633

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)

	Bettsville	Fostoria
Under 5	5.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	14.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.3%
75 and over	4.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bettsville	Fostoria
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	1.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bettsville	Fostoria
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	52.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bettsville	Fostoria
Drove alone	88.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bettsville	Fostoria
1-unit, detached	82.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Bettsville	Fostoria
Poverty rate	17.3%	19.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1953