Freeport vs Willow Lake

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

Freeport and Willow Lake 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 838 in Willow Lake). Willow Lake has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $48,181 in Freeport). Willow Lake has the higher median home value ($154,100 vs $86,100 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Willow Lake
Population	23,636	838
Median age	43.2 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,181	$93,750
Median home value	$86,100	$154,100
Median gross rent	$760	—
Housing units	12,153	391
Homeownership rate	58.9%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Willow Lake
Population	24,119 → 23,636 (-2.0%)	752 → 838 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$39,975 → $48,181 (+20.5%)	$63,889 → $93,750 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $86,100 (+19.4%)	$125,900 → $154,100 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $760 (+16.4%)	—

Freeport

Population

24,11923,636

Median household income

$39,975$48,181

Median home value

$72,100$86,100

Median gross rent

$653$760

Willow Lake

Population

752838

Median household income

$63,889$93,750

Median home value

$125,900$154,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Willow Lake
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	8.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	1.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	25.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	21.4%
75 and over	10.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Willow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	84.2%
Black or African American	13.8%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.9%
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%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Willow Lake
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Willow Lake
Drove alone	74.1%	89.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Willow Lake
1-unit, detached	64.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Willow Lake
Poverty rate	18.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1958	1975