Freeburg vs Hummels Wharf

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

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

Hummels Wharf has the higher population (988 vs 810 in Freeburg). Hummels Wharf has the higher median household income ($67,361 vs $60,536 in Freeburg). Hummels Wharf has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $175,000 in Freeburg).

Population, income & housing

	Freeburg	Hummels Wharf
Population	810	988
Median age	47.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,536	$67,361
Median home value	$175,000	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,031	$720
Housing units	335	638
Homeownership rate	78.8%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeburg	Hummels Wharf
Population	589 → 810 (+37.5%)	1,266 → 988 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$57,656 → $60,536 (+5.0%)	$71,806 → $67,361 (-6.2%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $175,000 (+33.3%)	$154,300 → $186,300 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $1,031 (+44.2%)	$839 → $720 (-14.2%)

Freeburg

Population

589810

Median household income

$57,656$60,536

Median home value

$131,300$175,000

Median gross rent

$715$1,031

Hummels Wharf

Population

1,266988

Median household income

$71,806$67,361

Median home value

$154,300$186,300

Median gross rent

$839$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeburg	Hummels Wharf
Under 5	2.3%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	9.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	18.6%	22.2%
75 and over	11.2%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeburg	Hummels Wharf
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	93.3%
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	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeburg	Hummels Wharf
No high school diploma	12.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	49.1%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeburg	Hummels Wharf
Drove alone	79.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeburg	Hummels Wharf
1-unit, detached	87.8%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Freeburg	Hummels Wharf
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1957	1966