Freeport vs Lake Summerset

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

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

Freeport has the higher population (23,636 vs 2,240 in Lake Summerset). Lake Summerset has the higher median household income ($105,588 vs $48,181 in Freeport). Lake Summerset has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $86,100 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Lake Summerset
Population	23,636	2,240
Median age	43.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,181	$105,588
Median home value	$86,100	$226,700
Median gross rent	$760	$1,206
Housing units	12,153	1,078
Homeownership rate	58.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Lake Summerset
Population	24,119 → 23,636 (-2.0%)	2,057 → 2,240 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$39,975 → $48,181 (+20.5%)	$79,511 → $105,588 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $86,100 (+19.4%)	$165,300 → $226,700 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $760 (+16.4%)	$941 → $1,206 (+28.2%)

Freeport

Population

24,11923,636

Median household income

$39,975$48,181

Median home value

$72,100$86,100

Median gross rent

$653$760

Lake Summerset

Population

2,0572,240

Median household income

$79,511$105,588

Median home value

$165,300$226,700

Median gross rent

$941$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Lake Summerset
Under 5	6.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	22.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	2.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	6.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	18.4%
75 and over	10.1%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Lake Summerset
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	13.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Lake Summerset
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Lake Summerset
Drove alone	74.1%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	5.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	11.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Lake Summerset
1-unit, detached	64.1%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Lake Summerset
Poverty rate	18.2%	4.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1958	1990