Freeborn vs Twin Lakes

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

Freeborn and Twin Lakes 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 182 in Twin Lakes). Twin Lakes has the higher median household income ($45,833 vs $44,545 in Freeborn). Since 2019, Twin Lakes's population has grown faster (+21.3% vs +16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Freeborn	Twin Lakes
Population	321	182
Median age	34.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,545	$45,833
Median home value	$87,900	—
Median gross rent	$833	$588
Housing units	153	88
Homeownership rate	85.8%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeborn	Twin Lakes
Population	276 → 321 (+16.3%)	150 → 182 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $44,545 (-15.8%)	$37,813 → $45,833 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$55,900 → $87,900 (+57.2%)	$56,300 → $31,900 (-43.3%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $833 (+9.6%)	$604 → $588 (-2.6%)

Freeborn

Population

276321

Median household income

$52,917$44,545

Median home value

$55,900$87,900

Median gross rent

$760$833

Twin Lakes

Population

150182

Median household income

$37,813$45,833

Median home value

$56,300$31,900

Median gross rent

$604$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeborn	Twin Lakes
Under 5	9.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	26.2%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	26.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	3.4%	8.2%
75 and over	6.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeborn	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	83.5%
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	0.0%	16.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeborn	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeborn	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	78.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	18.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeborn	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	90.8%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	53.4%

Poverty & households

	Freeborn	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	21.4%	32.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1947	1972