Work & commute · Fremont

Work & commute in Fremont, MI

About one in 4 of Fremont’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (10%), Muskegon (4%) and Newaygo (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

406 of 1,725 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,319 Fremont residents head out of town to work, 406 work right here, and 2,858 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fremont.

1,319live here, work elsewhere

406live and work here

2,858work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fremont goes to work

Fremont (in town)right here

24%406

Grand Rapids37.8 mi away

10%169

Muskegon22.3 mi away

4%77

Newaygo8.4 mi away

3%55

Sheridan3.4 mi away

3%55

Walker33.7 mi away

3%47

Kentwood43.9 mi away

3%46

Sherman5.9 mi away

2%42

Wyoming41.5 mi away

2%37

Whitehall19.8 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%756

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.

37%

14%

33%

17%

37%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fremont is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fremont are

3,264 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

3,264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fremont residents hold

1,725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−28%

Jobs based in Fremont, 2011 → 2021: 4,518 → 3,264. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.