Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 8.7%, unemployment in Fremont Township is higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Fremont Township are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Fremont Township; the top destination outside it is Angola (26%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fremont Township in brief
Fremont Township makes and builds things
73% of the jobs based in Fremont Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fremont Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
Fremont Township is the work center of its corner
Every town that borders Fremont Township (Jamestown Township, Clear Lake Township, Scott Township and California Township) has fewer jobs than working residents, while Fremont Township has 1.6 per resident. Next door ↓
Fremont Township and Angola trade workers both ways
Angola is the top workplace for Fremont Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Fremont Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Fremont Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana 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.
The figures behind Fremont Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fremont Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #465 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Fremont Township’s grade up (7.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fremont Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Fremont Township works in goods: 73% of its jobs
1,912 jobs are based in Fremont Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fremont Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,520 → 1,912. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Fremont Township
Where Fremont Township clocks in
26% of workers
16% 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.
From Fremont Township, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fremont Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,373 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Who works in Fremont Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,007 residents head out to work, 200 work right here, and 1,712 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Fremont Township on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Fremont Township commutes less than 12 miles
About 20% 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.
For most of Fremont Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fremont Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #302 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,449 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Fremont Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fremont Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fremont Township is 3,134th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 73 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 190 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,132 | Nanty-Glo PA | 2,413 | $52K | 19.5% | 2.4% | 8% | C |
| 3,133 | Estill Springs TN | 2,692 | $59K | 13.6% | 3.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,134 | Fremont Township IN | 2,930 | $67K | 7.6% | 8.7% | 17% | C |
| 3,135 | North Branch Township MI | 3,557 | $78K | 7.2% | 7.1% | 9% | C |
| 3,136 | Barton VT | 2,732 | $66K | 10.2% | 3.9% | 25% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fremont Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
How Fremont Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Jamestown Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fremont Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Township | – | C | C+ | 18 min | $67,391 |
| Jamestown Township | 3% | B− | C− | 22 min | $76,295 |
| Clear Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Scott Township | under 2% | B | D | 20 min | $67,361 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clear Lake Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fremont Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fremont Township?
$67,391 (±$16,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fremont Township?
7.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fremont Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fremont Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (26%, 7 mi), Fremont (16%, 2 mi), Fort Wayne (9%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fremont Township walkable?
Fremont Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fremont Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fremont Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fremont Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.