Freeburg vs Meta

A side-by-side comparison of Freeburg and Meta: population, income, housing, and more.

Freeburg and Meta are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Freeburg has the higher population (391 vs 128 in Meta). Freeburg has the higher median household income ($46,719 vs $41,563 in Meta). Freeburg has the higher median home value ($130,400 vs $93,800 in Meta).

Population, income & housing

	Freeburg	Meta
Population	391	128
Median age	46.1 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,719	$41,563
Median home value	$130,400	$93,800
Median gross rent	—	$529
Housing units	209	85
Homeownership rate	80.8%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeburg	Meta
Population	487 → 391 (-19.7%)	204 → 128 (-37.3%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $46,719 (+20.6%)	$50,682 → $41,563 (-18.0%)
Median home value	$146,600 → $130,400 (-11.1%)	$75,800 → $93,800 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$289 → $285 (-1.4%)	$465 → $529 (+13.8%)

Freeburg

Population

487391

Median household income

$38,750$46,719

Median home value

$146,600$130,400

Median gross rent

$289$285

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeburg	Meta
Under 5	6.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	4.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	17.2%
75 and over	15.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeburg	Meta
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	90.6%
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	1.3%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeburg	Meta
No high school diploma	18.3%	17.4%
High school graduate	62.8%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeburg	Meta
Drove alone	86.7%	96.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeburg	Meta
1-unit, detached	75.1%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeburg	Meta
Poverty rate	9.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.21	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1972	1955