Freeport vs Paxton

A side-by-side comparison of Freeport and Paxton: population, income, housing, and more.

Freeport and Paxton are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Freeport has the higher population (6,203 vs 621 in Paxton). Freeport has the higher median household income ($89,540 vs $57,917 in Paxton). Freeport has the higher median home value ($379,400 vs $121,900 in Paxton).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Paxton
Population	6,203	621
Median age	39.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,540	$57,917
Median home value	$379,400	$121,900
Median gross rent	$1,769	$876
Housing units	2,711	295
Homeownership rate	68.1%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Paxton
Population	2,369 → 6,203 (+161.8%)	743 → 621 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$54,243 → $89,540 (+65.1%)	$35,789 → $57,917 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $379,400 (+70.1%)	$111,000 → $121,900 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,769 (+66.4%)	$611 → $876 (+43.4%)

Freeport

Population

2,3696,203

Median household income

$54,243$89,540

Median home value

$223,100$379,400

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,769

Paxton

Population

743621

Median household income

$35,789$57,917

Median home value

$111,000$121,900

Median gross rent

$611$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Paxton
Under 5	6.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	9.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	20.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	23.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.7%
75 and over	5.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	79.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Paxton
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	20.6%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Paxton
Drove alone	62.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	16.8%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Paxton
1-unit, detached	75.5%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Paxton
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	2013	1975