Fremont vs Walnut Creek

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

Fremont and Walnut Creek are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Walnut Creek has the higher population (1,684 vs 948 in Fremont). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($145,417 vs $41,477 in Fremont). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($423,800 vs $115,500 in Fremont).

Population, income & housing

	Fremont	Walnut Creek
Population	948	1,684
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,477	$145,417
Median home value	$115,500	$423,800
Median gross rent	$824	$1,756
Housing units	568	599
Homeownership rate	55.7%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fremont	Walnut Creek
Population	948 → 948 (+0.0%)	994 → 1,684 (+69.4%)
Median household income	$40,102 → $41,477 (+3.4%)	$132,500 → $145,417 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $115,500 (+39.0%)	$373,600 → $423,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $824 (+18.2%)	$1,700 → $1,756 (+3.3%)

Fremont

Population

948948

Median household income

$40,102$41,477

Median home value

$83,100$115,500

Median gross rent

$697$824

Walnut Creek

Population

9941,684

Median household income

$132,500$145,417

Median home value

$373,600$423,800

Median gross rent

$1,700$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fremont	Walnut Creek
Under 5	5.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	22.5%	6.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.4%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fremont	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	41.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fremont	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	16.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	38.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fremont	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	74.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	19.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fremont	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	85.0%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fremont	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	31.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1962	1988