Welcome to Fremont

Fremont is a city in Alameda County and was incorporated in January 1956, from the annexation of Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San José, and Warm Springs. The city is named after John C. Frémont, an American explorer and former US Senator from California, Governor from Arizona, Major General in the Union Army, and the first Republican presidential candidate, in 1856.

Located in the southeast San Francisco Bay Area and straddling both the East Bay and South Bay regions, Fremont has a rapidly-growing population of around 230,000. It is one of the largest cities by land area and the fourth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area, behind San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland.

The city has an extensive and rapidly expanding base of both the tech industry and workers. With its moderate climate and its proximity to major universities, shopping areas, recreation, and cultural activities, employment centers, major airports, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, Fremont captures metropolitan living at its best.

Fremont is home to a broad variety of innovative firms including over 1,200 high tech, life science, and clean technology firms. Fremont has a broad range of quality, affordable business locations; a superior workforce; and incentive programs.

Fremont is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the Bay Area. Residents are attracted to Fremont for its nationally-recognized high-ranking public schools, its numerous well-kept parks, and a variety of recreational amenities, including beautiful Lake Elizabeth, Central Park, and Mission San José (California's 14th mission). Fremont is a wonderful community to live, work, and play.

The area consisting of Fremont and the cities of Newark and Union City (formed from the annexation of Alvarado and Decoto) is known collectively as the Tri-City Area; different from the adjacent Tri-Valley area encompassing Pleasanton, Dublin, and Livermore.

Fremont is ranked No.7 overall in WalletHub’s recent list of the greenest cities in the country. More specifically, Fremont is ranked No. 2 on environmental factors and tied with Honolulu and Anchorage, Alaska as the No. 1 city on energy sources. The City of Fremont ranked No. 3 as the best place to raise a family in the country according to a study conducted by Wallet Hub. A new WalletHub report has ranked Fremont as America’s least stressed city in 2018. According to the report, Fremont was also ranked the lowest in divorce rates and financial stress. The City of Fremont ranked No. 1 as the happiest city in the U.S. according to a study conducted by Wallet Hub. Fremont ranked No. 9 as the best big city in the U.S. to raise a family in a study conducted by SmartAsset. Fremont is the only California city in the top 10.

Statistics

• Population: 231,664
• Zip Code(s): 94536, 94538, 94539, 94555
• County: Alameda
• City Website: www.fremont.gov
• Unified School District: www.fremont.k12.ca.us/fusd
• Housing Unit: 76,000
• Single-Family Detached Homes: 73.40%
• Homeownership Rate: 63.50%
• Average Persons per Household: 3.07
• Property Tax Rate ($ per thousand of assessed value): 1.1740%
• County Transfer Tax ($ per thousand of sale/transfer price): $1.10

• Tesla

• Fremont Unified School District

• Washington Hospital

• Western Digital

• Lam Research Corporation

• Seagate Magnetics        

• Palo Alto Medical Foundation        

• Thermo Fisher Scientific

• Synnex Information Technologies

Neighborhoods in the City

• 28 Palms

• Antelope Hills

• Ardenwood

• Avalon Heights

• Barrington Place-Boxwood

• Baylands

• Becado/Tonica

• Birds

• Brookvale-Nicolet

• Brookvale North

• Cabrillo

• Calistoga Circle

• Calypso

• Cameron Hills

• Canyon Heights - Vallejo Mills

• Capriana

• Carol Avenue

• Castilleja

• Centerville

• Central Downtown

• Central Park Terraces

• Cherry-Guardino

• Creekside Village

• Decoto

• Driscoll Rd

• Earle Street

• FallBrook Terrace

• Galindo

• Gallegos - Glenhill

• Glenmoor

• Gomes School

• Gordon

• Greenhills/Euclid

• Greenhouse

• Grimmer-Blacow

• Hampton Place

• Irvington

• Jamie Circle

• Kimber Park

• Klamath Street

• Lakes

• Laurel Glen Common

• Locale at State Street

• Mission Highlands

• Mission Hills

• Mission Lake

• Mission - Ohlone College

• Mission Ranch

• Mission San Jose

• Montebello

• Niles

• Nimitz

• Noria-Salamanca Fremont

• Northgate

• Old Canyon

• Osgood Rd

• Pacific Park

• Palm Ave

• Parkmont

• Paseo Padre

• Patterson Ranch

• Ponderosa Heights

• Ponderosa Square

• Quail Run

• Rancho Arroyo

• Rosewood

• San Marco Ave

• Santa Teresa/El Dorado

• Sexton Common

• Southlake

• South Parks

• Southwycke Court

• Sundale

• Thornton

• Vallejo St

• Vargas

• Villa D'Este

• Vineyard Heights

• Vintage Grove

• Warm Springs

• Waterstone

• Weibel

• Zacate Ave

Schools

• American High School

• Ardenwood Elementary School

• Brier Elementary School

• Brookvale Elementary School

• Cabrillo Elementary School

• California School For The Blind

• California School For The Deaf-Fremont

• Centerville Junior High

• E. M. Grimmer Elementary School

• Forest Park Elementary School

• Fred E. Weibel Elementary School

• G. M. Walters Junior High School

• Glenmoor Elementary School

• Harvey Green Elementary School

• Irvington High School

• J. Haley Durham Elementary School

• James Leitch Elementary School

• John Blacow Elementary School

• John F. Kennedy High School

• John G. Mattos Elementary School

• John Gomes Elementary School

• John M. Horner Junior High School

• Joseph Azevada Elementary School

• Joshua Chadbourne Elementary School

• Mission San Jose Elementary School

• Mission San Jose High School

• Mission Valley Elementary School

• Niles Elementary School

• O. N. Hirsch Elementary School

• Oliveira Elementary School

• Parkmont Elementary School

• Patterson Elementary School

• Robertson High (Continuation) School

• Steven Millard Elementary School

• Thornton Junior High School

• Tom Maloney Elementary School

• Vallejo Mill Elementary School

• Vista Alternative School

• Warm Springs Elementary School

• Warwick Elementary School

• Washington High School

• William Hopkins Junior High School

• Aqua Adventure Waterpark

• Coyote Hills Regional Park

• Mission Peak Regional Preserve

• Central Park

• Ardenwood Historic Farm

• Niles Canyon Railway

• Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area

• Old Mission San Jose

• Don Edwards San Francisco National Wildlife Refuge

• Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum