Freeport vs Richmond

A side-by-side comparison of Freeport and Richmond: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richmond has the higher population (1,336 vs 827 in Freeport). Freeport has the higher median household income ($87,396 vs $67,381 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median home value ($225,500 vs $214,600 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Richmond
Population	827	1,336
Median age	29.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,396	$67,381
Median home value	$214,600	$225,500
Median gross rent	$713	$584
Housing units	300	580
Homeownership rate	89.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Richmond
Population	841 → 827 (-1.7%)	1,582 → 1,336 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $87,396 (+34.5%)	$56,875 → $67,381 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $214,600 (+35.5%)	$158,200 → $225,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $713 (+12.6%)	$488 → $584 (+19.7%)

Freeport

Population

841827

Median household income

$65,000$87,396

Median home value

$158,400$214,600

Median gross rent

$633$713

Richmond

Population

1,5821,336

Median household income

$56,875$67,381

Median home value

$158,200$225,500

Median gross rent

$488$584

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Richmond
Under 5	15.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	23.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Richmond
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Richmond
Drove alone	77.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Richmond
1-unit, detached	93.0%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Richmond
Poverty rate	2.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1974	1975