Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Fremont (11.4%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Fremont; the top destination outside it is Angola (26%, 7 miles). For jobs and income Fremont is better than 25% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (B−). The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fremont and work: the main findings
Fremont makes and builds things
73% of the jobs based in Fremont are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fremont residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
Fremont is where the jobs are
Fremont has 1,863 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,000 people are in town, 47% more than the 2,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Fremont and Angola trade workers both ways
Angola is the top workplace for Fremont residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Fremont come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 887 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Fremont
The poverty rate holds Fremont’s grade up (9.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fremont could be anywhere from D to B.
73% of the jobs in Fremont make or build things
1,863 jobs are based in Fremont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fremont, 2013 → 2023: 1,280 → 1,863. 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.
The daily flow of workers through Fremont
On a workday 739 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 1,715 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Fremont on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
2.1 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.
The towns that send workers to Fremont
Where Fremont clocks in
26% of workers
6% 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, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fremont workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 964 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.
Where in the region Fremont works
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.
The commute in Fremont is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,020 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). 10.3% of Fremont households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fremont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fremont is 3,931st of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,929 | Washington Township PA | 1,760 | $77K | 26.5% | 1.6% | 4% | C |
| 3,930 | The Plains OH | 2,748 | $60K | 19.0% | 4.1% | 4% | C |
| 3,931 | Fremont IN | 2,058 | $66K | 9.4% | 11.4% | 17% | C |
| 3,932 | Cedar Creek Township MI | 1,864 | $67K | 9.8% | 8.2% | 3% | C |
| 3,933 | Whitefield NH | 2,535 | $63K | 11.0% | 4.3% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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?
$66,304 (±$15,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fremont?
9.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fremont?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fremont work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Angola (26%, 7 mi), Fort Wayne (8%, 45 mi), Elkhart (6%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fremont walkable?
Fremont is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fremont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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. 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.