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Freeport, IL

23,505 Population
11.9 square miles 1,980.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,004 ±$1,753 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $35,305 ±$1,190
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$51,723 ±$3,591 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $64,043 ±$3,674
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

19.6% ±3.4% (4,472  ±781) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 13.9% † 5,991 (±1.9% / ±816)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

15.9 minutes ±1.1 (149,725  ±13,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 20.7 379,295 (±1.1 / ±24,413)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

10,841 ±270 Number of households
  • the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 19,358 ±266
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.1 ±0.1 (22,790  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 2.2 42,992 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

8.6% ±3.6% (384  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 6.5% † 542 (±2% / ±170)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

12,056 ±263 Number of housing units
  • the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 21,330 ±46
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$92,100 ±$7,437 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $134,900 ±$6,661
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

15.5% ±2.8% (3,610  ±644.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 12.4% † 5,371 (±1.7% / ±727.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

91.7% ±4.9% (15,211  ±854.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 92.6% 28,906 (±3.3% / ±1,041.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
19.1% ±2.3% (3,160  ±389.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 20.7% 6,461 (±1.6% / ±505.9)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±0.9% (784  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 2.6% 1,125
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

7.2% ±1.2% (1,326  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 7.5% † 2,567 (±0.9% / ±303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
1,326 Total veterans ±226 1,235 Male ±216 91 Female ±71

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