Idaho · county 16043

Fremont County, Idaho: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Fremont County — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Fremont County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

14,399 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.3% since 2020)
1,864 square miles of land · 8 people per square mile

How Fremont County compares — against the other counties in Idaho

“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Fremont County

11 active community water systems list Fremont County in the area they serve, reporting 7,250 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

ST ANTHONY
groundwater · local government · ID7220067
3,606 served
ASHTON CITY OF
groundwater · local government · ID7220004
1,129 served
TETON CITY OF
groundwater · local government · ID7220072
735 served
NEWDALE CITY OF
groundwater · local government · ID7220047
340 served
PARKER CITY OF
groundwater · local government · ID7220051
322 served
SHOTGUN NORTH
groundwater · private · ID7220065
285 served
IDJC JUVENILE CORRECTIONS CENTER
groundwater · state · ID7220087
280 served
SHOTGUN CHEROKEE SUBD 5
groundwater · private · ID7220063
245 served

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 24 people were held in Fremont County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 286 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 13.

Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

1 school district has its office in Fremont County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

FREMONT COUNTY JOINT SCH DISTRICT 2152,222 students

Spent $23.4 million — $23.3 million to run schools, about $10,494 per student, plus $19,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $16.8 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.

Health, money and internet at home — Fremont County beside Idaho

Life expectancy77.7 years · Idaho 78.0 years
Adults under 65 without health insurance13.4% · Idaho 9.8%
Children in poverty15.2% · Idaho 11.3%
Households without enough food (food insecurity)11.8% · Idaho 11.4%
Households with broadband internet92.1% · Idaho 91.0%
Households with severe housing problems10.8% · Idaho 13.2%
Residents per primary care doctor3,398 · Idaho 1,619
Residents per mental health provider1,183 · Idaho 371
Unemployment2.6% · Idaho 3.1%
Median household income$72,061 · Idaho $74,859

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Fremont County about $16.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.

The costliest hazards here

River and inland flooding$6.9 million a year · Relatively Low
Earthquake$3 million a year · Relatively Low
Avalanche$2.4 million a year · Relatively High
Cold wave$1.4 million a year · Relatively Low
Wildfire$1.2 million a year · Relatively Low

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

138 bridges in Fremont County: 45 in good condition, 85 fair, and 8 poor (5.8%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.

Busiest bridges rated poor

STC 6774;TETON HWY
over S.FK.TETON RIVER · built 1977
1,100 vehicles a day
N 1600 E
over ST ANTHONY CANAL · built 1971
70 vehicles a day
1300 N
over HENRYS FK.SNAKE R;FRITZ · built 1967
50 vehicles a day
FUN FARM ROAD
over HENRYS FK SNAKE RIVER · built 1925
30 vehicles a day
N 2700 E
over CROSSCUT CANAL · built 1937
10 vehicles a day
N 4075 E
over MARYSVILLE CANAL · built 1976
10 vehicles a day

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $15.3 million of work in Fremont County in fiscal 2025, about $1,145 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.

Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026
Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062
closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699
closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661
closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide
Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064
closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program
Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002
closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)
Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005
closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition
AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026
closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778
closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida
Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222
closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741
closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714
closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708
closes 2026-10-29

From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.

Voting

Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Idaho are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Fremont County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Fremont County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

More of Idaho: the state government and every county in Idaho.

Nearby counties: Madison County (31 mi) · Teton County (34 mi) · Clark County (43 mi) · Jefferson County (50 mi) · Teton County, WY (54 mi) · Bonneville County (57 mi).