Ohio · Census place 3928826

Fremont, Ohio

Fremont is a city in Sandusky County, Ohio with an estimated 15,814 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 116th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,814
#116 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-80 people
Land area
8.5 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
1,856 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Fremont. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Fremont population, 2020 to 2024

Fremont lost 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +2. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 130th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Fremont is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,908. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fremont covers 8.52 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 1,856 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Fremont is close to the typical town.

What county Fremont is in

All of Fremont's residents live in Sandusky County, which had 58,866 residents in 2024. Fremont holds 26.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fremont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fremont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43420. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fremont is

The Census internal point of Fremont is at 41.353000, -83.115600. Columbus, the capital, is 96.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tiffin, OH (17,729 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 32.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.353000, -83.115600
DMS
41°21'10.80"N 83°06'56.16"W
UTM
17N 323022.3E 4580103.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HR9V3M+6Q

Daylight in Fremont

At 41.35° N, Fremont gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fremont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Green Springs, 7.4 miles away, with 1,302 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fremont, OH?

15,814 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 80 (0.5%) from 15,894 in July 2020.

What county is Fremont in?

Sandusky County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Fremont?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43420.

How far is Fremont from Columbus?

96.3 miles (155.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Fremont.

What is the nearest larger city to Fremont?

Tiffin, OH, with 17,729 residents, 16.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.