Freeburg vs Lebanon

A side-by-side comparison of Freeburg and Lebanon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lebanon has the higher population (4,431 vs 4,336 in Freeburg). Lebanon has the higher median household income ($84,766 vs $84,464 in Freeburg). Freeburg has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $146,600 in Lebanon).

Population, income & housing

	Freeburg	Lebanon
Population	4,336	4,431
Median age	43.2 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,464	$84,766
Median home value	$231,900	$146,600
Median gross rent	$1,064	$1,125
Housing units	1,713	2,028
Homeownership rate	79.8%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeburg	Lebanon
Population	4,361 → 4,336 (-0.6%)	4,418 → 4,431 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$69,321 → $84,464 (+21.8%)	$60,962 → $84,766 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $231,900 (+31.5%)	$119,900 → $146,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,064 (+17.8%)	$840 → $1,125 (+33.9%)

Freeburg

Population

4,3614,336

Median household income

$69,321$84,464

Median home value

$176,300$231,900

Median gross rent

$903$1,064

Lebanon

Population

4,4184,431

Median household income

$60,962$84,766

Median home value

$119,900$146,600

Median gross rent

$840$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeburg	Lebanon
Under 5	4.2%	0.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	8.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	29.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeburg	Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	74.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeburg	Lebanon
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeburg	Lebanon
Drove alone	76.9%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	3.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	24.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeburg	Lebanon
1-unit, detached	77.6%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Freeburg	Lebanon
Poverty rate	12.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1993	1995