How Fostoria is run
Fostoria spent $19.6 million in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,488 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Fostoria is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Who runs Fostoria
From public records, which can lag behind an election. Tell us if a name is out of date.
The typical homeowner pays $1,205 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.38% of the home’s value, vs 1.31% across Ohio.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Fostoria’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
About $1,488 per resident a year, or $4.08 a day
The biggest line: police, at 24% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Fostoria didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
Fostoria City School District
Fostoria’s K–12 school district, shared with Perry. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,289 per pupil, $8,090 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Ohio districts overall: 53% local, 35% state, 12% federal.
Lakota Local School District · $15,008 per pupil
Arcadia Local School District · $15,226 per pupil
Hopewell-Loudon Local School District · $14,153 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
One full-time town employee for every 148 residents
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Fostoria’s budget compares
Fostoria ranks 4th lowest of 4 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Fostoria.
- 1Your cityMayor & council
- 2Ohio HouseFostoria is split between 3 districts
- 3Ohio SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Ohio
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Fostoria’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Fostoria is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Fostoria, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Officials: Open States and Wikidata. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.