Best PlacesFremont Center, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fremont Center, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fremont Center ranks 16,518th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fremont Center
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fremont Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fremont Center ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of towns
Where Fremont Center ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fremont Center
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fremont Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,985, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fremont Center's effective rate of 1.05%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fremont Center
Fremont Center runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fremont Center.
Who works in Fremont Center, and how
Work in Fremont Center centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Fremont Center
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fremont Center.
What the weather is like in Fremont Center, month by month
Fremont Center sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Fremont Center
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fremont Center
Schools across Fremont Center average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sullivan West Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Sullivan West High School At Lake HuntingtonA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fremont Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fremont Center measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fremont Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fremont Center
Is Fremont Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fremont Center ranks 16,518th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, tree cover, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fremont Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,074. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $83,985 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Fremont Center safe?
Yes, Fremont Center is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $242 per resident a year.
Compare Fremont Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fremont Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fremont Center represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fremont Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fremont Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fremont Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fremont Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fremont Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fremont Center detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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