Best PlacesFremont, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fremont, 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 ranks 1,291st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fremont
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fremont ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of cities
- Short commute19.4 minutes each way, better than 89% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 79% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of cities
Where Fremont ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Household income$64,684 median, better than only 15% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Fremont
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fremont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,684, 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's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 6 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
Fremont's age mix sits close to the national median, 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.
Who works in Fremont, and how
Work in Fremont centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Fremont
Fremont has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fremont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fremont, month by month
Fremont sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 49° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 68° |
| October | 65° | 56° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Fremont
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fremont
Schools across Fremont average a B−, better than 51% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Lakota Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- R C Waters Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Old Fort Elementary School Bettsville CampusA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oak Harbor Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Mcpherson Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Woodmore Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Harbor High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Lakota High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Woodmore High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fremont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fremont 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 against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Fremont suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 4% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fremont
Is Fremont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fremont ranks 1,291st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, fast internet, and short commutes, and lowest on health outcomes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fremont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,796. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $64,684 median income, cost of living beats 28% of cities.
Is Fremont safe?
Fremont is safer than 45% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $317 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fremont?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 23. That works out to about 93 pleasant days a year, more than 56% of cities.
Is Fremont good for families?
Schools beat 51% of cities, crime safety beats 45%, and childcare runs $959 a month.
Compare Fremont with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fremont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fremont 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fremont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fremont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fremont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fremont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fremont 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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