Fremont County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,955 91.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 219 3.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 23 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 10 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 302 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,391 21.4%
• 18–24 407 6.2%
• 25–44 1,306 20.0%
• 45–64 1,835 28.2%
• 65 and over 1,575 24.2%

Median household income

$70,478

90% interval $63,003–$77,953

−$5,145 vs IA · 64th of 99

Below poverty line

10.2%

90% interval 7.9%–12.5%

−1.0 pp vs IA · 64th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.25 pp vs. state

County GDP

$394.1M

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,276

Establishments

285

• Education & health services 571 26.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 550 25.4%
• Manufacturing 234 10.8%
• Professional & business services 174 8.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 154 7.1%
• Natural resources & mining 107 4.9%
• Financial activities 84 3.9%
• Construction 79 3.6%
• Other services 34 1.6%
• Information 10 0.5%
• Public administration 6 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 92.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.3%

+6.6 pp vs IA · 32nd of 99

Median gross rent

$746

−$226 vs IA · 76th of 99

Owner-occupied

2,211

Renter-occupied

612

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $71,012/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,939/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,711 71.6%
• Democratic 1,023 27.0%
• Other / third-party 51 1.3%

• Spanish 109 1.8%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 10 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1 0.0%

Households

2,823

Family households

1,752

62.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

487

27.8% of families

Single-mother families

78

4.5% of families

Veterans

410

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,013 15.3%
• Catholic 545 8.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 521 7.9%

Health insured

96.5%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

3.5%

±0.9 pp

81st of 99

With a disability

15.1%

±1.3 pp

28th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

20.8%

±2.6 pp

−10.6 pp vs IA · 68th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.9%

90% interval 4.3%–5.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

4th Judicial District Court

Judges

6 (District Court judges per Judicial Election District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). District Associate, Associate Juvenile, and Magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) are separately allocated and not counted here. Vintage 2026 iowacourts.gov directory; counts cross-checked against Iowa Code § 602.6201.)

Court seats

Atlantic, Audubon, Clarinda, Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Harlan, Logan, Red Oak, Sidney

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

39.04 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2