Freeport vs Pearl City

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

Freeport and Pearl City 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 798 in Pearl City). Pearl City has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $48,181 in Freeport). Pearl City has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $86,100 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Pearl City
Population	23,636	798
Median age	43.2 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,181	$63,500
Median home value	$86,100	$121,300
Median gross rent	$760	$747
Housing units	12,153	306
Homeownership rate	58.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Pearl City
Population	24,119 → 23,636 (-2.0%)	738 → 798 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$39,975 → $48,181 (+20.5%)	$64,286 → $63,500 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $86,100 (+19.4%)	$96,600 → $121,300 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $760 (+16.4%)	$631 → $747 (+18.4%)

Freeport

Population

24,11923,636

Median household income

$39,975$48,181

Median home value

$72,100$86,100

Median gross rent

$653$760

Pearl City

Population

738798

Median household income

$64,286$63,500

Median home value

$96,600$121,300

Median gross rent

$631$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Pearl City
Under 5	6.1%	11.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	25.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.3%
75 and over	10.1%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Pearl City
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	13.8%	2.6%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Pearl City
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Pearl City
Drove alone	74.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	3.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Pearl City
1-unit, detached	64.1%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	5.9%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Pearl City
Poverty rate	18.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1958	1973