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Freeport, IL

23,884 Population
11.9 square miles 2,012.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 45.6 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,348 ±$1,530 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $32,900 ±$1,088
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $43,198 ±$199
$44,658 ±$2,509 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $57,527 ±$2,369
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $78,433 ±$297

18.6% ±2.9% (4,306  ±667) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 13.3% † 5,829 (±1.6% / ±690)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,467,893 (±0.1% / ±16,574)

18.3 minutes ±1.3 (170,670  ±15,561) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 22.2 406,280 (±1.3 / ±25,861)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

10,905 ±333 Number of households
  • the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 19,337 ±317
  • Illinois: 4,968,761 ±7,953
2.1 ±0.1 (23,217  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 2.3 43,745 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,480,854

9.2% ±3.6% (432  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 6.3% † 541 (±2.2% / ±185)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 152,825 (±0.1% / ±3,352)

Housing

11,996 ±265 Number of housing units
  • the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 21,402 ±47
  • Illinois: 5,427,357 ±1,016

$81,000 ±$5,142 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $122,000 ±$5,958
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $239,100 ±$749

14.1% ±3.2% (3,325  ±,742.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 11.2% † 4,942 (±1.9% / ±,813.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,494,528 (±0.1% / ±15,496.9)

Social

90% ±4.6% (14,932  ±,814.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 91.8% 29,041 (±3.2% / ±1,026.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.1% 7,883,680 (±0.3% / ±22,258.1)
18.2% ±2.3% (3,011  ±,378.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 20.3% 6,413 (±1.6% / ±,495.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 36.7% 3,207,450 (±0.2% / ±14,003.2)

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

3.1% ±0.8% (736  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 2.4% 1,055
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,681

7.5% ±1.1% (1,405  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 7.7% † 2,673 (±0.8% / ±267)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 518,426 (±0.1% / ±6,053)
1,405 Total veterans ±213 1,351 Male ±212 54 Female ±36

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