Berkeley vs Fremont

A side-by-side comparison of Berkeley and Fremont: population, income, housing, and more.

Berkeley and Fremont are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fremont has the higher population (228,518 vs 120,223 in Berkeley). Fremont has the higher median household income ($176,350 vs $108,558 in Berkeley). Berkeley has the higher median home value ($1,351,100 vs $1,289,400 in Fremont).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Fremont
Population	120,223	228,518
Median age	32.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,558	$176,350
Median home value	$1,351,100	$1,289,400
Median gross rent	$2,127	$2,905
Housing units	52,112	80,545
Homeownership rate	43.3%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	62.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Fremont
Population	121,485 → 120,223 (-1.0%)	235,740 → 228,518 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$85,530 → $108,558 (+26.9%)	$133,354 → $176,350 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$1,004,900 → $1,351,100 (+34.5%)	$931,600 → $1,289,400 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,722 → $2,127 (+23.5%)	$2,345 → $2,905 (+23.9%)

Berkeley

Population

121,485120,223

Median household income

$85,530$108,558

Median home value

$1,004,900$1,351,100

Median gross rent

$1,722$2,127

Fremont

Population

235,740228,518

Median household income

$133,354$176,350

Median home value

$931,600$1,289,400

Median gross rent

$2,345$2,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Fremont
Under 5	3.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	24.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	17.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.9%
75 and over	6.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Fremont
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	17.2%
Black or African American	7.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	20.6%	62.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Fremont
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	6.6%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	41.6%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Fremont
Drove alone	27.4%	54.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.3%
Public transit	15.8%	4.7%
Walked	13.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	32.5%	30.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Fremont
1-unit, detached	40.4%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	19.1%	18.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Fremont
Poverty rate	16.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1946	1978