Work & commute · Fremont

Work & commute in Fremont, IN

Most working residents leave Fremont for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Angola (26%), Fort Wayne (8%) and Elkhart (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

148 of 887 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 739 Fremont residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 1,715 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fremont.

739live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

1,715work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fremont goes to work

Angola6.6 mi away

26%228

Fremont (in town)right here

17%148

Fort Wayne45.4 mi away

8%73

Elkhart52.9 mi away

6%49

Jamestown4.6 mi away

3%31

Coldwater, MI15.4 mi away

2%18

Ashley15.6 mi away

2%14

Pleasant6.6 mi away

1%11

Auburn25.6 mi away

1%10

Kendallville25.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%296

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Fremont commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

49%

11%

20%

49%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fremont is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fremont are

1,863 jobs are based in Fremont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fremont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fremont

1,863 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Fremont residents hold

887 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+46%

Jobs based in Fremont, 2013 → 2023: 1,280 → 1,863. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.