Freetown vs Rockford

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

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

Rockford has the higher population (761 vs 266 in Freetown). Rockford has the higher median home value ($273,200 vs $117,600 in Freetown). Since 2019, Rockford's population has grown faster (+8.3% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Freetown	Rockford
Population	266	761
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$236,339
Median home value	$117,600	$273,200
Housing units	112	270
Homeownership rate	83.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freetown	Rockford
Population	337 → 266 (-21.1%)	703 → 761 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $68,646 (+7.0%)	$174,010 → $236,339 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $117,600 (+40.7%)	$242,800 → $273,200 (+12.5%)

Freetown

Population

337266

Median household income

$64,167$68,646

Median home value

$83,600$117,600

Rockford

Population

703761

Median household income

$174,010$236,339

Median home value

$242,800$273,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freetown	Rockford
Under 5	6.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	8.0%
18 to 24	33.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	23.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.7%
75 and over	0.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freetown	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freetown	Rockford
No high school diploma	15.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	48.9%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freetown	Rockford
Drove alone	73.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	26.1%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freetown	Rockford
1-unit, detached	81.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freetown	Rockford
Poverty rate	18.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1982	1991