Fremont, Michigan.
Typical home $261,237 (+8.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$781 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,888 +8%
- $241,349$261,237 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $53,140 +26%
- $208,097$261,237 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Fremont$1,371
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Fremont, MI rose 8.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan
Fremont is a city of 4,516 people in Newaygo County. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Newaygo County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then finance and property.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Fremont is a small city in Newaygo County, Michigan, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Residents tend to be a little younger than in many small towns, and a fair number of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm but not hot, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Fremont is closely tied to the food company Gerber, and Nestle Gerber Products Company is the largest workplace in town, alongside Corewell Health Gerber and the Fremont Public School District. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in banks, insurance and property, and in shops. Jobs across the county slipped over the past year, and unemployment is a little lower than it was a year earlier.
Things to do. The Muskegon River and the White River both run through the area, and Hess Lake is a lake for boating and time on the water. Michigan's Adventure is an amusement park, a longer drive away. Incomes in the county are modest, and a typical home here is priced well within reach for many buyers.
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- 1,950households
- 29%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Newaygo County had 11,796 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 58°. About 37 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fremont Wsw weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Fremont
- Nestle Gerber Products CompanyInfant and junior food canning495
- Corewell Health GerberCritical access hospital323FTE
- Fremont Public School DistrictSchool district273FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters259
- MeijerRetail222
- Nestle Nutrition R&D CentersInfant and junior food canning60
- DUS OperatingExhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing50
- Life EMS Inc.-NewaygoAmbulance services, air or ground43
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 11 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,680 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fremont’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Newaygo County.
Fremont home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Fremont$261,237
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Fremont listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Fremont30.81%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Fremont32
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Fremont13
Zip codes with a Fremont address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Fremont — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.