A typical Fremont home is worth about $183,000
Up 10.1% in a year, 24% below the Iowa typical home.
Only 1 sale in March 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Fremont?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Up 48.5% in five years
Faster than Iowa (26.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Fremont | Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $94,000 | $147,000 |
| 2018 | $95,000 | $152,000 |
| 2019 | $100,000 | $159,000 |
| 2020 | $105,000 | $167,000 |
| 2021 | $116,000 | $179,000 |
| 2022 | $129,000 | $195,000 |
| 2023 | $142,000 | $211,000 |
| 2024 | $150,000 | $218,000 |
| 2025 | $164,000 | $228,000 |
| 2026 | $176,000 | $236,000 |
| August 2026 | $183,000 | $240,000 |
A typical Fremont home worth $93K in September 2016 is worth about $183K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 2.3 years of income
Less than across Iowa (3.2 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Fremont home, with $107K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $230 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fremont’s typical property tax (1.25% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $920
Renters already here pay a median of $798, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Keokuk County, IA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Fremont in 2025. The last year with any was 2016 (1 new home).
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $209,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
71% of Fremont households own their home
Half of Fremont’s homes were built before 1973.
Iowa: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
On the market in Fremont
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Fremont buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, March 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.