Freeland vs Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Freeland and Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

Freeland and Plains are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plains has the higher population (4,369 vs 3,830 in Freeland). Plains has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $51,810 in Freeland). Plains has the higher median home value ($141,800 vs $97,100 in Freeland).

Population, income & housing

	Freeland	Plains
Population	3,830	4,369
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,810	$65,417
Median home value	$97,100	$141,800
Median gross rent	$904	$950
Housing units	1,863	2,034
Homeownership rate	51.2%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeland	Plains
Population	3,440 → 3,830 (+11.3%)	3,866 → 4,369 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$37,973 → $51,810 (+36.4%)	$54,605 → $65,417 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $97,100 (+13.3%)	$97,000 → $141,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $904 (+32.6%)	$768 → $950 (+23.7%)

Freeland

Population

3,4403,830

Median household income

$37,973$51,810

Median home value

$85,700$97,100

Median gross rent

$682$904

Plains

Population

3,8664,369

Median household income

$54,605$65,417

Median home value

$97,000$141,800

Median gross rent

$768$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeland	Plains
Under 5	7.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.9%
75 and over	5.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeland	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeland	Plains
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	42.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeland	Plains
Drove alone	72.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	20.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeland	Plains
1-unit, detached	42.5%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	36.7%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Freeland	Plains
Poverty rate	21.1%	19.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1938	1943