Freeborn vs Hayward

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

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

Freeborn has the higher population (321 vs 219 in Hayward). Hayward has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $44,545 in Freeborn). Hayward has the higher median home value ($109,600 vs $87,900 in Freeborn).

Population, income & housing

	Freeborn	Hayward
Population	321	219
Median age	34.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,545	$53,750
Median home value	$87,900	$109,600
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	153	104
Homeownership rate	85.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeborn	Hayward
Population	276 → 321 (+16.3%)	218 → 219 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $44,545 (-15.8%)	$41,771 → $53,750 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$55,900 → $87,900 (+57.2%)	$76,800 → $109,600 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $833 (+9.6%)	$310 → $313 (+1.0%)

Freeborn

Population

276321

Median household income

$52,917$44,545

Median home value

$55,900$87,900

Median gross rent

$760$833

Hayward

Population

218219

Median household income

$41,771$53,750

Median home value

$76,800$109,600

Median gross rent

$310$313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeborn	Hayward
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	3.4%	13.7%
75 and over	6.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeborn	Hayward
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeborn	Hayward
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	31.4%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeborn	Hayward
Drove alone	78.3%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	16.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeborn	Hayward
1-unit, detached	90.8%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeborn	Hayward
Poverty rate	21.4%	16.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1947	1966