Fremont Municipal Power Plant and Pumping Station · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainEarning a living in Fremont
Home is the office for 4% of workers, against 11% across Nebraska. Fremont grades B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About two in five stay in Fremont for work; outside it, Omaha is the main destination (20%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Fremont, in brief
Fremont’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fremont is Omaha, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (2,679) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Fremont workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 11% across Nebraska. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Where Fremont’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fremont is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #31 of 57 in Nebraska. Job access by car holds Fremont’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fremont could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The distance from Fremont to work
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.
Fremont’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fremont workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,941 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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.
Who works in Fremont, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 7,625 residents head out to work, 5,716 work right here, and 7,690 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Fremont: the destinations
Where Fremont clocks in
20% 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.
What work there is in Fremont: 13,406 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fremont, 2013 → 2023: 11,455 → 13,406. 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.
Most of Fremont commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fremont is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #30 of 57 in Nebraska. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.5% across Nebraska.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,506 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Fremont households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fremont’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fremont is 954th of 1,409 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 38,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 236 | Papillion NE | 25,127 | $112K | 5.3% | 3.2% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 943 | Columbus NE | 25,248 | $65K | 11.3% | 2.4% | 49% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 951 | Kearney NE | 34,782 | $70K | 12.4% | 2.9% | 61% | B− |
| 952 | Sand Springs OK | 20,397 | $76K | 10.5% | 5.9% | 11% | B− |
| 953 | Atascadero CA | 29,464 | $91K | 11.4% | 4.6% | 21% | B− |
| 954 | Fremont NE | 28,350 | $71K | 11.6% | 4.2% | 43% | B− |
| 955 | Peekskill NY | 25,891 | $86K | 11.9% | 6.7% | 12% | B− |
| 956 | Juneau AK | 31,609 | $102K | 8.9% | 4.0% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,409 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Nebraska.
Next door to Fremont
The biggest share goes to Platte Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fremont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont | – | B− | B+ | 17 min | $71,152 |
| Platte Township | 3% | C | C− | 19 min | $56,625 |
| Elkhorn Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Inglewood | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elkhorn Township and Inglewood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fremont’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: questions
What is the median household income in Fremont?
$71,152 (±$6,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fremont?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fremont?
17 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fremont work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (20%, 26 mi), Lincoln (6%, 45 mi), Valley (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fremont walkable?
Fremont is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fremont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.