Photo: Bill Whittaker · CC BY-SA 3.0Fremont has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Iowa. Employers in Fremont report 83 jobs; 339 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Fremont for work; outside it, Oskaloosa is the main destination (26%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fremont, in a few figures
Fremont and Oskaloosa trade workers both ways
Oskaloosa is the top workplace for Fremont residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Fremont come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fremont is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Fremont, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fremont has about 430 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fremont workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 26 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 199 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Fremont work
Where Fremont clocks in
26% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who works in Fremont, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 332 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Fremont on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 26 minutes each way for Fremont’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fremont workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 463 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Fremont
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fremont, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 83. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fremont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fremont’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fremont: questions
What is the median household income in Fremont?
$78,333 (±$18,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fremont?
10.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fremont?
26 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fremont work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oskaloosa (26%, 12 mi), Ottumwa (5%, 13 mi), Des Moines (3%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fremont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fremont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fremont
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.