Fremont, Ohio.
Typical home $178,503 (+5.1% in a year). Fremont, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Fremont
Fremont’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Fremont is in Sandusky County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Fremont City school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$540 (+136%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,621 +5%
- $169,882$178,503 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $46,751 +35%
- $131,752$178,503 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$937
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Fremont, OH rose 5.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio
Fremont is a city of 15,930 people in Sandusky County. Half its households earn more than $47,024 a year and half less, against $62,295 across Sandusky County; 23% of its people live below the poverty line. 57% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 43% are rented. Unemployment in Sandusky County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 Sandusky County, Ohio, with a younger population than many towns its size and incomes that run below the county's. More households here rent than across many Ohio communities, and homes are priced within reach of what a typical local paycheck can carry. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and the people who live here tend to stay close to where they work. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melting snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Most residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, or in shops. Among the largest workplaces in Fremont are Fremont City Schools, Crown Battery Manufacturing Company, and Kraft Heinz, which makes ketchup. Jobs across the county have slipped a little over the past year, and unemployment is lower than it was a year earlier. Commutes are short, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. Fremont Speedway, a race track in or beside town, is the nearest place to spend an evening out. A longer drive brings you to Cedar Point, one of the best known amusement parks in the country, and to the Maumee River, a good spot for time on the water. Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, a protected area and historic site, is also a longer drive away.
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- 6,763households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 23%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sandusky County had 24,435 jobs in 2025, 2.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 63°. About 26 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fremont weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Fremont
- Fremont City SchoolsSchool district737FTE
- Crown Battery Manufacturing Company - Fremont Manufacturing LocationLead acid storage batteries manufacturing485
- Kraft HeinzKetchup manufacturing380
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters356
- Terra State Community CollegeTwo-year college300
- Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital278FTE
- Mosser ConstructionCommercial building construction general contractors238
- Kroger Columbus KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores211
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 33 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,405 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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 weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of FremontRelatively moderate
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of FremontRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of FremontRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 Sandusky County and the Fremont, OH metro.
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$178,503
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Fremont listings, and the typical home goes pending in 7 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- Fremont21.52%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Fremont7
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Fremont71
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Fremont30
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Fremont$204,600
- United States$371,407
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.