Freeman Spur vs Orient

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

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

Orient has the higher population (380 vs 165 in Freeman Spur). Orient has the higher median household income ($39,167 vs $35,000 in Freeman Spur). Freeman Spur has the higher median home value ($66,900 vs $49,100 in Orient).

Population, income & housing

	Freeman Spur	Orient
Population	165	380
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$39,167
Median home value	$66,900	$49,100
Median gross rent	$594	$731
Housing units	95	212
Homeownership rate	79.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeman Spur	Orient
Population	303 → 165 (-45.5%)	426 → 380 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $35,000 (-23.0%)	$28,958 → $39,167 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$65,500 → $66,900 (+2.1%)	$41,600 → $49,100 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $594 (-15.1%)	$600 → $731 (+21.8%)

Freeman Spur

Population

303165

Median household income

$45,469$35,000

Median home value

$65,500$66,900

Median gross rent

$700$594

Orient

Population

426380

Median household income

$28,958$39,167

Median home value

$41,600$49,100

Median gross rent

$600$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeman Spur	Orient
Under 5	9.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	8.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	17.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.7%
75 and over	13.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeman Spur	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	96.6%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeman Spur	Orient
No high school diploma	28.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	28.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeman Spur	Orient
Drove alone	76.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	14.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
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	Orient
1-unit, detached	78.9%	84.9%
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%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Freeman Spur	Orient
Poverty rate	31.5%	25.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1963	1945