Fremont vs New Sharon

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

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

New Sharon has the higher population (1,147 vs 937 in Fremont). Fremont has the higher median household income ($73,239 vs $60,000 in New Sharon). New Sharon has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $89,500 in Fremont).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont	New Sharon
Population	937	1,147
Median age	28.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,239	$60,000
Median home value	$89,500	$125,000
Median gross rent	$711	$564
Housing units	370	637
Homeownership rate	71.2%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont	New Sharon
Population	869 → 937 (+7.8%)	1,144 → 1,147 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$51,058 → $73,239 (+43.4%)	$65,341 → $60,000 (-8.2%)
Median home value	$90,900 → $89,500 (-1.5%)	$111,600 → $125,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $711 (+23.0%)	$488 → $564 (+15.6%)

Fremont

Population

869937

Median household income

$51,058$73,239

Median home value

$90,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$578$711

New Sharon

Population

1,1441,147

Median household income

$65,341$60,000

Median home value

$111,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$488$564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fremont	New Sharon
Under 5	16.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	4.9%	11.2%
75 and over	3.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont	New Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont	New Sharon
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont	New Sharon
Drove alone	93.9%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont	New Sharon
1-unit, detached	74.3%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fremont	New Sharon
Poverty rate	8.4%	11.2%
Average household size	3.03	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1974	1957