Fostoria vs Tiffin

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

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

Tiffin has the higher population (17,814 vs 12,671 in Fostoria). Tiffin has the higher median household income ($55,700 vs $52,943 in Fostoria). Tiffin has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $81,500 in Fostoria).

Population, income & housing

	Fostoria	Tiffin
Population	12,671	17,814
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,943	$55,700
Median home value	$81,500	$129,200
Median gross rent	$759	$834
Housing units	5,838	8,387
Homeownership rate	66.9%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fostoria	Tiffin
Population	13,316 → 12,671 (-4.8%)	17,577 → 17,814 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $52,943 (+33.4%)	$41,996 → $55,700 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $81,500 (+22.4%)	$97,100 → $129,200 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $759 (+13.8%)	$677 → $834 (+23.2%)

Fostoria

Population

13,31612,671

Median household income

$39,688$52,943

Median home value

$66,600$81,500

Median gross rent

$667$759

Tiffin

Population

17,57717,814

Median household income

$41,996$55,700

Median home value

$97,100$129,200

Median gross rent

$677$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fostoria	Tiffin
Under 5	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	18.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.0%
75 and over	6.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fostoria	Tiffin
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	88.0%
Black or African American	4.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fostoria	Tiffin
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	52.4%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fostoria	Tiffin
Drove alone	76.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	16.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.9%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fostoria	Tiffin
1-unit, detached	72.4%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	8.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fostoria	Tiffin
Poverty rate	19.6%	12.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1953	1955