Fremont

Population & Demographics

Fremont, CA

Fremont is home to 228,295 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 118,303 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
228,295
people
Population

228,295 residents

Median age 39.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fremont population & demographics

Who lives in Fremont — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
228,295
Median age
39.1yrs
Median household income
$181,506
Median home value
$1,403,800
Median gross rent
$2,933/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
63.9%
Poverty rate
5.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Fremont

How Fremont breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian63.7%
White15.7%
Hispanic or Latino13.1%
Two or more races3.7%
Black2.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Fremont

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Fremont.

Fremont at a glance
Employed Residents
118,303
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
15.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
17.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
32.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Jose
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fremont proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Fremont commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

43
Commute Score

43 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Fremont

118,303 commutes, one dot at a time

Fremont

Where 118,303 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Fremont, by worker count.

1Fremont0.0 mi20,763
2San Jose17.1 mi13,721
3San Francisco29.2 mi8,786
4Santa Clara12.7 mi6,300
5Sunnyvale11.6 mi5,219
6Palo Alto11.5 mi4,976
7Mountain View11.4 mi3,903
8Menlo Park12.0 mi3,360

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fremont.

1Fremont0.0 mi20,763
2San Jose17.1 mi20,075
3Hayward8.9 mi5,836
4Union City5.1 mi4,261
5Newark2.8 mi3,453
6Oakland22.2 mi3,111
7Milpitas8.7 mi3,065
8Stockton47.8 mi2,774

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fremont’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing37.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.6%
RTRetail Trade6.3%
COConstruction5.7%
WSWholesale Trade5.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.1%
EDEducational Services4.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fremont

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps76%
8 Gbps
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