Fremont vs Livermore

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

Fremont and Livermore 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 85,870 in Livermore). Fremont has the higher median household income ($176,350 vs $153,602 in Livermore). Fremont has the higher median home value ($1,289,400 vs $1,038,600 in Livermore).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont	Livermore
Population	228,518	85,870
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$176,350	$153,602
Median home value	$1,289,400	$1,038,600
Median gross rent	$2,905	$2,640
Housing units	80,545	31,874
Homeownership rate	60.2%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont	Livermore
Population	235,740 → 228,518 (-3.1%)	89,699 → 85,870 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$133,354 → $176,350 (+32.2%)	$127,452 → $153,602 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$931,600 → $1,289,400 (+38.4%)	$744,200 → $1,038,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,345 → $2,905 (+23.9%)	$2,063 → $2,640 (+28.0%)

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

Livermore

Population

89,69985,870

Median household income

$127,452$153,602

Median home value

$744,200$1,038,600

Median gross rent

$2,063$2,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fremont	Livermore
Under 5	5.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	17.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.6%
75 and over	5.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont	Livermore
White (non-Hispanic)	17.2%	53.2%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	62.4%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont	Livermore
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	13.9%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	30.2%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont	Livermore
Drove alone	54.4%	64.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.2%
Public transit	4.7%	2.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	30.7%	20.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont	Livermore
1-unit, detached	56.8%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	6.4%
20 or more units	18.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fremont	Livermore
Poverty rate	5.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.94	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1978	1978