Fremont vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (438,072 vs 228,518 in Fremont). Fremont has the higher median household income ($176,350 vs $97,369 in Oakland). Fremont has the higher median home value ($1,289,400 vs $924,700 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont	Oakland
Population	228,518	438,072
Median age	38.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$176,350	$97,369
Median home value	$1,289,400	$924,700
Median gross rent	$2,905	$1,917
Housing units	80,545	187,847
Homeownership rate	60.2%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont	Oakland
Population	235,740 → 228,518 (-3.1%)	425,097 → 438,072 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$133,354 → $176,350 (+32.2%)	$73,692 → $97,369 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$931,600 → $1,289,400 (+38.4%)	$687,400 → $924,700 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,345 → $2,905 (+23.9%)	$1,445 → $1,917 (+32.7%)

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

Oakland

Population

425,097438,072

Median household income

$73,692$97,369

Median home value

$687,400$924,700

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fremont	Oakland
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	18.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.4%
75 and over	5.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	17.2%	27.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	62.4%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	28.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont	Oakland
No high school diploma	7.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	13.9%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.2%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont	Oakland
Drove alone	54.4%	47.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.2%
Public transit	4.7%	14.5%
Walked	1.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.9%
Worked from home	30.7%	23.4%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont	Oakland
1-unit, detached	56.8%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	13.4%
20 or more units	18.5%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fremont	Oakland
Poverty rate	5.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.94	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1978	1953