Freeland vs Saginaw

A side-by-side comparison of Freeland and Saginaw: population, income, housing, and more.

Freeland and Saginaw are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Saginaw has the higher population (43,879 vs 7,562 in Freeland). Freeland has the higher median household income ($103,431 vs $37,298 in Saginaw). Freeland has the higher median home value ($241,400 vs $54,000 in Saginaw).

Population, income & housing

	Freeland	Saginaw
Population	7,562	43,879
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,431	$37,298
Median home value	$241,400	$54,000
Median gross rent	$1,235	$909
Housing units	2,213	20,994
Homeownership rate	81.2%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeland	Saginaw
Population	6,898 → 7,562 (+9.6%)	48,650 → 43,879 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$83,889 → $103,431 (+23.3%)	$29,582 → $37,298 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$164,800 → $241,400 (+46.5%)	$40,100 → $54,000 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,235 (+11.9%)	$734 → $909 (+23.8%)

Freeland

Population

6,8987,562

Median household income

$83,889$103,431

Median home value

$164,800$241,400

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,235

Saginaw

Population

48,65043,879

Median household income

$29,582$37,298

Median home value

$40,100$54,000

Median gross rent

$734$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeland	Saginaw
Under 5	6.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeland	Saginaw
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	34.7%
Black or African American	9.0%	45.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeland	Saginaw
No high school diploma	6.9%	16.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeland	Saginaw
Drove alone	80.3%	76.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.4%	6.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeland	Saginaw
1-unit, detached	73.2%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Freeland	Saginaw
Poverty rate	5.4%	33.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1994	1949