Fremont vs Oskaloosa

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

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

Oskaloosa has the higher population (11,492 vs 937 in Fremont). Fremont has the higher median household income ($73,239 vs $62,172 in Oskaloosa). Oskaloosa has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $89,500 in Fremont).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont	Oskaloosa
Population	937	11,492
Median age	28.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,239	$62,172
Median home value	$89,500	$128,900
Median gross rent	$711	$880
Housing units	370	5,139
Homeownership rate	71.2%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont	Oskaloosa
Population	869 → 937 (+7.8%)	11,511 → 11,492 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$51,058 → $73,239 (+43.4%)	$47,429 → $62,172 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$90,900 → $89,500 (-1.5%)	$96,300 → $128,900 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $711 (+23.0%)	$653 → $880 (+34.8%)

Fremont

Population

869937

Median household income

$51,058$73,239

Median home value

$90,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$578$711

Oskaloosa

Population

11,51111,492

Median household income

$47,429$62,172

Median home value

$96,300$128,900

Median gross rent

$653$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fremont	Oskaloosa
Under 5	16.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	4.9%	11.7%
75 and over	3.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont	Oskaloosa
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	91.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont	Oskaloosa
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont	Oskaloosa
Drove alone	93.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont	Oskaloosa
1-unit, detached	74.3%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Fremont	Oskaloosa
Poverty rate	8.4%	16.1%
Average household size	3.03	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1974	1964