Freeman Spur vs Mulkeytown

A side-by-side comparison of Freeman Spur and Mulkeytown: population, income, housing, and more.

Freeman Spur and Mulkeytown are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Freeman Spur has the higher population (165 vs 84 in Mulkeytown). Since 2019, Freeman Spur's population has grown faster (-45.5% vs -53.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Freeman Spur	Mulkeytown
Population	165	84
Median age	42.2 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	—
Median home value	$66,900	—
Median gross rent	$594	—
Housing units	95	76
Homeownership rate	79.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeman Spur	Mulkeytown
Population	303 → 165 (-45.5%)	181 → 84 (-53.6%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $35,000 (-23.0%)	—
Median home value	$65,500 → $66,900 (+2.1%)	$84,300 → $99,500 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $594 (-15.1%)	—

Freeman Spur

Population

303165

Median household income

$45,469$35,000

Median home value

$65,500$66,900

Median gross rent

$700$594

Mulkeytown

Population

18184

Median home value

$84,300$99,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeman Spur	Mulkeytown
Under 5	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	34.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	35.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	20.2%
75 and over	13.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeman Spur	Mulkeytown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeman Spur	Mulkeytown
No high school diploma	28.7%	46.4%
High school graduate	28.7%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeman Spur	Mulkeytown
Drove alone	76.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	29.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeman Spur	Mulkeytown
1-unit, detached	78.9%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	48.7%

Poverty & households

	Freeman Spur	Mulkeytown
Poverty rate	31.5%	21.4%
Average household size	2.23	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1963	1938