Freetown vs Medora

A side-by-side comparison of Freetown and Medora: population, income, housing, and more.

Freetown and Medora are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Medora has the higher population (993 vs 266 in Freetown). Freetown has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $76,400 in Medora). Since 2019, Medora's population has grown faster (+60.7% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Freetown	Medora
Population	266	993
Median age	36.5 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,625
Median home value	$117,600	$76,400
Median gross rent	—	$960
Housing units	112	367
Homeownership rate	83.9%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freetown	Medora
Population	337 → 266 (-21.1%)	618 → 993 (+60.7%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $68,646 (+7.0%)	$39,038 → $60,625 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $117,600 (+40.7%)	$51,700 → $76,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$770 → $960 (+24.7%)

Freetown

Population

337266

Median household income

$64,167$68,646

Median home value

$83,600$117,600

Medora

Population

618993

Median household income

$39,038$60,625

Median home value

$51,700$76,400

Median gross rent

$770$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freetown	Medora
Under 5	6.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	33.1%	22.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.5%
75 and over	0.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freetown	Medora
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freetown	Medora
No high school diploma	15.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	48.9%	60.8%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freetown	Medora
Drove alone	73.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	26.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freetown	Medora
1-unit, detached	81.3%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Freetown	Medora
Poverty rate	18.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.38	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1982	1956