Freeborn vs Hartland

A side-by-side comparison of Freeborn and Hartland: population, income, housing, and more.

Freeborn and Hartland are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hartland has the higher population (400 vs 321 in Freeborn). Hartland has the higher median household income ($64,833 vs $44,545 in Freeborn). Hartland has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $87,900 in Freeborn).

Population, income & housing

	Freeborn	Hartland
Population	321	400
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,545	$64,833
Median home value	$87,900	$135,600
Median gross rent	$833	$506
Housing units	153	190
Homeownership rate	85.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeborn	Hartland
Population	276 → 321 (+16.3%)	331 → 400 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $44,545 (-15.8%)	$51,683 → $64,833 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$55,900 → $87,900 (+57.2%)	$80,000 → $135,600 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $833 (+9.6%)	$447 → $506 (+13.2%)

Freeborn

Population

276321

Median household income

$52,917$44,545

Median home value

$55,900$87,900

Median gross rent

$760$833

Hartland

Population

331400

Median household income

$51,683$64,833

Median home value

$80,000$135,600

Median gross rent

$447$506

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeborn	Hartland
Under 5	9.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	26.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	24.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	3.4%	8.0%
75 and over	6.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeborn	Hartland
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeborn	Hartland
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeborn	Hartland
Drove alone	78.3%	88.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeborn	Hartland
1-unit, detached	90.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeborn	Hartland
Poverty rate	21.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1947	1961