A typical Fostoria home is worth about $156,000
Up 2.4% in a year, 35% below the Iowa typical home.
Only 1 sale in March 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Fostoria?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
What it takes to buy in Fostoria
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Fostoria home, with $117K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $50 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Iowa typical property tax (1.39% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 24.5% in five years
About the same pace as Iowa (26.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Fostoria | Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $110,000 | $167,000 |
| 2021 | $117,000 | $179,000 |
| 2022 | $130,000 | $195,000 |
| 2023 | $135,000 | $211,000 |
| 2024 | $139,000 | $218,000 |
| 2025 | $142,000 | $228,000 |
| 2026 | $154,000 | $236,000 |
| August 2026 | $156,000 | $240,000 |
A typical Fostoria home worth $104K in February 2019 is worth about $156K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $950
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Clay County, IA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Fostoria in 2025. The last year with any was 2007 (1 new home).
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $64,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $64,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $128,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $128,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $23,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $23,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $70,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Fostoria buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, March 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.