City safety & data profile

FremontOH

Fremont, OH is a 16K-resident city in Sandusky County with a median household income of $47,024.

Sandusky County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fremont, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fremont has a population larger than 32% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $117,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 33%
By size
$47,024
Median income (place)
$117,500
Median home (place)
22.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fremont

Fremont posts a median household income higher than 6% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Fremont area.

Bottom 7%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Fremont

Where Fremont income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$47,024 Bottom 6% higher than 6% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fremont $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fremont, OH beyond the headline numbers

Fremont sits inside Sandusky County, Ohio, at roughly 41.35°N, -83.12°W. Population 16,297, $47,024 median household income. Median home value $117,500, median rent $775. Poverty rate 22.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Fremont, 4/5 avg rating, 0 with an ER.

22.7% of Fremont, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Fremont runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 1.9% of Fremont workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 8.1% in Fremont, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fremont from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
16,297
Fremont · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$47,024
-47% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$117,500
-72% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Sandusky County): Fremont's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
59K-3%
Median Income
$62,295+35%
Median Home Value
$160,700+46%
Poverty Rate
15%+5%
Unemployment
4.3%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fremont, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$775/mo
Poverty Rate
22.7% +83% vs avg
Unemployment 5.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.1%
Work From Home 1.9%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 72%
African American 9.5%
Asian 0.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
43%
Short Sleep Duration
41.5%
High Blood Pressure
40.2%
Physical Inactivity
32.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.9%
Current Smoking
18.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.1%
Diabetes
15.5%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56%
Annual Checkup 79.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.1%
Stroke
4.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
0
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
FREMONT · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Fremont?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fremont right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-FREMONT-OH · Fremont

Fremont: 13 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 13 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria

Tagged alert mix: Fremont

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 13 tagged notices on record for Fremont.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Victoria, TX (13 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fremont; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (13 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Victoria, TX 13 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Fremont, OH? ▼
Fremont, OH has a population of 16,297 people, located in Sandusky County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Fremont? ▼
The median household income in Fremont, OH is $47,024 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 22.7%.
What is the median home value in Fremont? ▼
The median home value in Fremont, OH is $117,500. Median rent is $775/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fremont? ▼
The top health indicators in Fremont include Obesity (43%), Short Sleep Duration (41.5%), High Blood Pressure (40.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Fremont? ▼
Fremont has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Fremont? ▼
The median age in Fremont, OH is 36.8 years. 15.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fremont, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (22.7% here).

Chico, CA 22.7% Plattsburgh, NY 22.7% Magnolia, AR 22.7% Lincolnton, NC 22.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($47,024 here).

Alexander City, AL $47,022 Fort Pierce, FL $47,072 Elizabethton, TN $46,975 New Iberia, LA $47,087

Compare Fremont with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Tiffin, OH 18K Fostoria, OH 13K Sandusky, OH 25K Oregon, OH 20K Norwalk, OH 17K Bowling Green, OH 31K Toledo, OH 266K Perrysburg, OH 21K
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Using Fremont's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Fremont area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Fremont against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Sandusky County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.