Foster City Snapshot
Sustainable Foster City is a holistic approach that embraces the common sense notion that long-term economic prosperity, social equity and ecological health not only go together, they depend on each other.

Foster City was incorporated on:
April 27, 1971
Foster City has ONE Police Station
ONE Fire Station
THREE Community Centers
ONE Public Library
FOUR square miles of town
TWO-HUNDRED TWELVE acres of lagoon

Foster City has THREE public K-5 schools
ONE new elementary school on its way
ONE public middle school
NUMEROUS private K-5 and preschools

$136,383
Annual Household Income
Where the Money Comes From
1 | Property Tax | 56.96% |
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2 | Transient occupancy tax | 8.37% |
3 | Property tax in lieu of vehicle license fee | 8.08% |
4 | Sales tax | 6.89% |
5 | Charges for current services | 4.52% |
6 | Bus license tax | 3.54% |
7 | Permits + fees | 3.17% |
8 | Franchise tax | 2.43% |
9 | Other | 6.04% |

Where the Money Goes
1 | Police | 30.56% |
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2 | Fire | 23.50% |
3 | Parks & Rec | 20.76% |
4 | Gen Govt | 10.47% |
5 | Comm Dev | 6.92% |
6 | Public Works* | 6.39% |
7 | Other | 1.39% |
*Excludes water and wastewater enterprise funds

minutes
3.59
seconds
Average
POLICE
response time
for priority calls
minutes
4.47
seconds
Average
FIRE response time
for priority calls
40.4
Median AGE of residents
34,151
POPULATION in town
All stats on this page source: City of Foster City, FY 2018-2019.