Freeport vs Lena

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

Freeport and Lena 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 2,778 in Lena). Lena has the higher median household income ($76,076 vs $48,181 in Freeport). Lena has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $86,100 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Lena
Population	23,636	2,778
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,181	$76,076
Median home value	$86,100	$154,000
Median gross rent	$760	$647
Housing units	12,153	1,250
Homeownership rate	58.9%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Lena
Population	24,119 → 23,636 (-2.0%)	2,879 → 2,778 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$39,975 → $48,181 (+20.5%)	$56,367 → $76,076 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $86,100 (+19.4%)	$110,700 → $154,000 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $760 (+16.4%)	$421 → $647 (+53.7%)

Freeport

Population

24,11923,636

Median household income

$39,975$48,181

Median home value

$72,100$86,100

Median gross rent

$653$760

Lena

Population

2,8792,778

Median household income

$56,367$76,076

Median home value

$110,700$154,000

Median gross rent

$421$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Lena
Under 5	6.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.5%
75 and over	10.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Lena
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	96.7%
Black or African American	13.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Lena
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Lena
Drove alone	74.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	9.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Lena
1-unit, detached	64.1%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	8.3%
20 or more units	7.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Lena
Poverty rate	18.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1958	1970