Households in Fremont Hills earn more than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 3.9% of residents, next to 12.6% for Missouri as a whole. The two grades for Fremont Hills are A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 25% of workers have no commute at all, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fremont Hills, in a few figures
More than half of Fremont Hills works in Springfield
245 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Springfield, 9.3 miles away. That’s far more as work in Fremont Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Fremont Hills is a place people come home to
There are 126 jobs based in Fremont Hills, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fremont Hills has about 750 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Fremont Hills works from home
25% of Fremont Hills workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. 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 470 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Fremont Hills’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Fremont Hills is better than 96% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($171,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Fremont Hills’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fremont Hills could be anywhere from A to A+.
52% of working residents work in Springfield
Where Fremont Hills clocks in
52% 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 Hills, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Fremont Hills on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Time on the road from Fremont Hills: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fremont Hills workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 502 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
What work there is in Fremont Hills: 126 jobs
126 jobs are based in Fremont Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fremont Hills, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 126. 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 Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Fremont Hills
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.
Driving is how Fremont Hills gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fremont Hills is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 667 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). 1.2% of Fremont Hills households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fremont Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Fremont Hills places 80th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 79 | Watertown Township MN | 1,159 | $108K | 2.2% | 5.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 80 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| 81 | Bell Acres PA | 1,454 | $166K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 82 | Somis CA | 1,229 | $145K | 3.7% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Bel-Nor MO | 1,351 | $111K | 5.8% | 8.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Work next door: 11% of Fremont Hills’ workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fremont Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Hills | – | A+ | C+ | 22 min | $171,250 |
| Ozark | 11% | B− | B | 24 min | $74,182 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ozark. Darker towns draw more of Fremont Hills’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 Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Fremont Hills?
$171,250 (±$28,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fremont Hills?
3.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fremont Hills?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fremont Hills work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (52%, 9 mi), Ozark (11%, 3 mi), Nixa (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fremont Hills walkable?
Fremont Hills is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fremont Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fremont Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fremont Hills
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.