Quick Facts

City of Fremont Population

  • 2000 Population: 4,224
  • 2010 Population: 4,081
  • 2020 Population: 4,516
  • Percent Change Between 2010 to 2020:  + 10.7%

Newaygo County Population

  • 2000 Population: 47,874
  • 2010 Population: 48,460
  • 2020 Population: 49,978
  • Percent Change Between 2010 to 2020: + 3%

Population by Occupied Housing Tenure

  • Owner: 3,157 (75%)
  • Renter: 1,029 (25%)
  • Average Household Size: 3
  • Persons / household Median Age: 37.2
  • Median Household Income: $39,508
  • Median Family Income: $44,358
  • Per Capita Income: $19,475
  • Median Property Value: $112,200

State Equalized Value (Real & Personal)
Values December 31, 2012
December 31, 2022
Percentage Increase/decrease
Ad Valorem Roll
$151,648,666 $145,197,876 -4.25% 
IFT Tax Abatement Roll
$      274,600 $   4,106,544
Total State Equalized Value
$151,923,266 $149,304,420 -1.72% 

Taxable Value (Property A - 1994) (Real & Personal)

  • Fiscal Year 2022/23 City Budget (Operating and Capital): $9,564,184
  • Fiscal Year 2022/23 General Fund Budget: $4,773,081
  • 2022 City Millage Rate: 15.0 Mills (Charter = 20 mills)
  • 2022 Total Millage Rate:
    • Homesteads: 47.329100 Mills (SET at 6 mills)
    • Non-Homesteads: 65.219400 Mills (SET at 6 mills)

Employees

  • Full Time:  35
  • Part Time:  34
  • Seasonal:  11

Streets & Roads

  • Miles of State Trunkline M-82 under Maintenance Contract: 2.75 miles
  • Miles of Major Streets (per Act 51): 10.20 miles
  • Miles of Local Streets (per Act 51): 18.5 miles

Water

  • Water Customers (Number of metered accounts): 1,753 accounts
  • Gross Billed Water Usage: 322 million gallons
  • Largest Water Customer: 138.9 million gallons (Gerber Products Co.)
  • Capacity of Elevated Storage (3 tanks): 1.45 million gallons
  • Rated Pumping Capacity of 8 Wells: 7.0 million gallons per day
  • Miles of Water Main: +/- 35 miles
  • Miles of Sanitary Sewer Main: +/- 35 miles
  • Wastewater Treatment Plant: 3 Lagoons (80 acres) and 179.5 acres irrigation
  • Average Day Design Capacity of Plant: 820,000 gallons per day

Land Area

  • Land Area within City Limits: 4.89 square miles 3,021 acres; of which 3.60 square miles is land and 1.29 square miles is water
  • Land Area in Phase 1 of 425 Agriculture: 0.06 sq. miles 38.4 acres
  • Fremont Lake Area within City Limits: 1.30 sq. miles 832 acres
  • Total Area within City Limits: 5.12 sq. miles 3,277 acres
  • Acres of Public Park Land (8 Parks): 146.9 acres
  • Area of Fire / Emergency Services District: 126.0 sq. miles (City and parts of 5 Townships)