Fremont is located in the southeast section of the San Francisco Bay Area. Home to an estimated 211,662 people as of 2007 Fremont is now the fourth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area as the largest suburb in the metropolis. It is included as one of the towns in Silicon Valley.
The area consisting of Fremont, Newark (an enclave of Fremont), and Union City was formerly known as Washington Township and is now known as the Tri-City Area.
| Median family income
(per year) |
$108,690 |
| Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$69,539 |
| State sales tax |
7.25% |
| State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
10.30%I |
| State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
1.00%I |
| Auto insurance premiums
(Average price quotes, for the state) |
$1,860 |
|
| Median home price |
$484,000 |
| Average property taxes |
N.A. |
|
| Colleges, universities and
professional schools (within 30 miles) |
31 |
| Test scores reading
(% above/below state average) |
43.1% |
| Test scores math
(% above/below average) |
28.3% |
| % students attending public/private
schools (located within town limits) |
89.6/10.4 |
| Air quality index*
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
72.0% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
3 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
26 |
| Median commute time (in minutes) |
29.8 |
| % population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
27.5% |
| % population walk or bike to work |
2.2% |
| Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
52 |
| Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
6,280 |
| Bars
(within 15 miles) |
305 |
| Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
176 |
| Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
120 |
| Museums (accredited by AAM;
within 30 miles) |
16 |
| Annual rainfall
(inches) |
22.00 |
| % clear days in the area |
44 |
| High temp in July ° F* |
75.8°/ 23° C |
| Low temp in Jan ° F* |
42.2°/ 3.6° C |
| Median age |
36.3 |
| Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
70.2% |
| Married % |
57.9% |
| Divorced % |
7.9% |
Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
442.3 |
Demographics
According to the census[3] of 2008, there were approximately 201,334 people, 68,237 households, and 52,201 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,024.1/km² (2,652.3/sq mi) However, this number is deceptively low because the city limits include large areas of undevelopable marshland on the edge of the city. There were 69,452 housing units at an average density of 905.6/sq mi (349.7/km²).
2006[4] estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau report that the racial makeup of the city is 45.9% Asian, 38.3% White, 13.5% Latino, 3.1% African American, 13% from other races or multiracial, 0.52% Native American, and 0.40% Pacific Islander. Fremont's total household population was estimated then to be 210,387. The foreign-born population was 95,894, 51% of whom were naturalized US citizens.
Fremont is the home to the largest concentration of Afghans in the United States. This is noted in the prominent place Fremont has in Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel Kite Runner. In addition, Fremont has a notable concentration of Indians.
Fremont also has a large Deaf community, in large part due to the fact that it is home to the Northern California campus of the California School for the Deaf.
There were 68,237 households out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.34.
In the city the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 36.8% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.
According to the 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city is $88,645, and the median income for a family was $99,998.[1] Males have a median household income of $59,274 versus $40,625 for females. The per capita income for the city was $31,411. About 3.6% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.
Politically, Fremont leans strongly to the Democratic Party.
Education
Fremont is home to the Fremont Unified School District and lies within the Ohlone Community College District.
The Fremont Unified School District has five comprehensive high schools for students in grades 9-12: American, Kennedy, Irvington, Mission San Jose and Washington. These five high schools, along with James Logan High School in Union City and Newark Memorial High School in Newark, make up the Mission Valley Athletic League (M.V.A.L.).
In addition to the five comprehensive high schools, the district has a continuation high school (Robertson); two independent study programs (Vista and COIL); an adult school; five junior high schools for grades 7-8 (Centerville, Hopkins, Horner, Thornton and Walters); and 29 elementary schools (K-6). The district operates the Mission Valley Regional Occupational Programjointly with Newark and New Haven Unified School Districts.
The main campus of Ohlone College is located in Fremont, with a smaller center in Newark. The University of California, Berkeley has an extension campus located in Fremont, and the University of Phoenix Bay Area Campus and Northwestern Polytechnic University and DeVry University offer undergraduate and graduate programs in technology and management areas.
The city is also home to Fremont Christian School and California School for the Deaf, Fremont, which serves Northern California. It shares its campus with the Statewide California School for the Blind.
http://www.greatschools.net/city/Fremont/CA
Source: Wikipedia |
