Fostoria vs Republic

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

Fostoria and Republic 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 519 in Republic). Republic has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $52,943 in Fostoria). Fostoria has the higher median home value ($81,500 vs $81,000 in Republic).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Republic
Population	12,671	519
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,943	$71,250
Median home value	$81,500	$81,000
Median gross rent	$759	$825
Housing units	5,838	224
Homeownership rate	66.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Republic
Population	13,316 → 12,671 (-4.8%)	634 → 519 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $52,943 (+33.4%)	$60,625 → $71,250 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $81,500 (+22.4%)	$66,900 → $81,000 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $759 (+13.8%)	$767 → $825 (+7.6%)

Fostoria

Population

13,31612,671

Median household income

$39,688$52,943

Median home value

$66,600$81,500

Median gross rent

$667$759

Republic

Population

634519

Median household income

$60,625$71,250

Median home value

$66,900$81,000

Median gross rent

$767$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Republic
Under 5	7.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	12.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	19.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.0%
75 and over	6.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Republic
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Republic
No high school diploma	9.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	52.4%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Republic
Drove alone	76.7%	85.6%
Carpooled	16.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Republic
1-unit, detached	72.4%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fostoria	Republic
Poverty rate	19.6%	7.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1953	1938