Freeport vs Orangeville

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

Freeport and Orangeville 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 957 in Orangeville). Orangeville has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $48,181 in Freeport). Orangeville has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $86,100 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Orangeville
Population	23,636	957
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,181	$70,833
Median home value	$86,100	$135,600
Median gross rent	$760	$689
Housing units	12,153	495
Homeownership rate	58.9%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Orangeville
Population	24,119 → 23,636 (-2.0%)	752 → 957 (+27.3%)
Median household income	$39,975 → $48,181 (+20.5%)	$45,074 → $70,833 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $86,100 (+19.4%)	$99,500 → $135,600 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $760 (+16.4%)	$499 → $689 (+38.1%)

Freeport

Population

24,11923,636

Median household income

$39,975$48,181

Median home value

$72,100$86,100

Median gross rent

$653$760

Orangeville

Population

752957

Median household income

$45,074$70,833

Median home value

$99,500$135,600

Median gross rent

$499$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Orangeville
Under 5	6.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.6%
75 and over	10.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Orangeville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	13.8%	0.3%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Orangeville
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	33.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Orangeville
Drove alone	74.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	5.8%
Other means	1.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Orangeville
1-unit, detached	64.1%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.3%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Orangeville
Poverty rate	18.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1958	1963