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Fostoria city, Seneca County, OH

9,072 Population
5.2 square miles 1,752.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Seneca County: 40.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,708 ±$1,794 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Seneca County: $33,984 ±$1,330
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,865 ±$6,213 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Seneca County: $66,025 ±$3,286
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±3.1% (1,358  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Seneca County: 11.9% † 6,195 (±1.2% / ±642)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.1 minutes ±2.2 (91,315  ±11,986) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Seneca County: 20.7 508,455 (±0.6 / ±19,899)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,599 ±220 Number of households
  • Seneca County: 22,279 ±341
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,791  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Seneca County: 2.3 52,096 (±0 / ±164)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.4% ±0.7% (8  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Seneca County: 4.3% † 517 (±1.1% / ±132)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,966 ±225 Number of housing units
  • Seneca County: 23,982 ±111
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$77,300 ±$10,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Seneca County: $154,700 ±$3,665
  • about one-third of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±3.3% (833  ±303) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Seneca County: 11% † 5,952 (±1.4% / ±763)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±6.2% (5,226  ±456.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Seneca County: 93.3% 34,679 (±3% / ±1,127.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.7% ±2.4% (451  ±145.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Seneca County: 20.6% 7,652 (±1.5% / ±565.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±1.2% (119  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Seneca County: 1.2% 667
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±2.5% (653  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Seneca County: 6.8% † 2,912 (±0.7% / ±303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
653 Total veterans ±168 618 Male ±169 35 Female ±39

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