Freedom vs La Selva Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Freedom and La Selva Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Freedom and La Selva Beach are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Freedom has the higher population (3,211 vs 2,519 in La Selva Beach). La Selva Beach has the higher median household income ($159,094 vs $139,722 in Freedom). La Selva Beach has the higher median home value ($1,195,100 vs $664,200 in Freedom).

Population, income & housing

	Freedom	La Selva Beach
Population	3,211	2,519
Median age	33.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$139,722	$159,094
Median home value	$664,200	$1,195,100
Median gross rent	$1,755	$3,501
Housing units	885	1,254
Homeownership rate	65.0%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freedom	La Selva Beach
Population	3,777 → 3,211 (-15.0%)	2,679 → 2,519 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$75,641 → $139,722 (+84.7%)	$102,639 → $159,094 (+55.0%)
Median home value	$489,500 → $664,200 (+35.7%)	$962,800 → $1,195,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,755 (+70.4%)	$2,309 → $3,501 (+51.6%)

Freedom

Population

3,7773,211

Median household income

$75,641$139,722

Median home value

$489,500$664,200

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,755

La Selva Beach

Population

2,6792,519

Median household income

$102,639$159,094

Median home value

$962,800$1,195,100

Median gross rent

$2,309$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freedom	La Selva Beach
Under 5	7.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	24.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	19.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	4.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	14.4%
75 and over	3.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freedom	La Selva Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	71.1%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freedom	La Selva Beach
No high school diploma	20.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	23.8%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freedom	La Selva Beach
Drove alone	66.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	21.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freedom	La Selva Beach
1-unit, detached	81.6%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freedom	La Selva Beach
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.3%
Average household size	3.81	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1965	1980