Bloomville vs Fostoria

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

Bloomville 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 788 in Bloomville). Bloomville has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $52,943 in Fostoria). Bloomville has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $81,500 in Fostoria).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomville	Fostoria
Population	788	12,671
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$52,943
Median home value	$97,500	$81,500
Median gross rent	$786	$759
Housing units	300	5,838
Homeownership rate	77.2%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomville	Fostoria
Population	1,064 → 788 (-25.9%)	13,316 → 12,671 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$47,443 → $63,750 (+34.4%)	$39,688 → $52,943 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $97,500 (+45.7%)	$66,600 → $81,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $786 (+25.8%)	$667 → $759 (+13.8%)

Bloomville

Population

1,064788

Median household income

$47,443$63,750

Median home value

$66,900$97,500

Median gross rent

$625$786

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)

	Bloomville	Fostoria
Under 5	4.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	5.2%	11.3%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomville	Fostoria
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	3.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomville	Fostoria
No high school diploma	9.9%	9.0%
High school graduate	52.6%	52.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomville	Fostoria
Drove alone	66.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	23.6%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.1%
Other means	4.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomville	Fostoria
1-unit, detached	90.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Bloomville	Fostoria
Poverty rate	13.7%	19.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1938	1953