Freeburg vs Mascoutah

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

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

Mascoutah has the higher population (8,743 vs 4,336 in Freeburg). Mascoutah has the higher median household income ($93,902 vs $84,464 in Freeburg). Freeburg has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $226,300 in Mascoutah).

Population, income & housing

	Freeburg	Mascoutah
Population	4,336	8,743
Median age	43.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,464	$93,902
Median home value	$231,900	$226,300
Median gross rent	$1,064	$1,235
Housing units	1,713	3,162
Homeownership rate	79.8%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeburg	Mascoutah
Population	4,361 → 4,336 (-0.6%)	8,245 → 8,743 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$69,321 → $84,464 (+21.8%)	$78,468 → $93,902 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $231,900 (+31.5%)	$173,200 → $226,300 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,064 (+17.8%)	$993 → $1,235 (+24.4%)

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

Mascoutah

Population

8,2458,743

Median household income

$78,468$93,902

Median home value

$173,200$226,300

Median gross rent

$993$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeburg	Mascoutah
Under 5	4.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.0%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeburg	Mascoutah
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	77.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	7.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeburg	Mascoutah
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeburg	Mascoutah
Drove alone	76.9%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	3.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeburg	Mascoutah
1-unit, detached	77.6%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeburg	Mascoutah
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1993	1986