Freeburg vs Penns Creek

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

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

Freeburg has the higher population (810 vs 709 in Penns Creek). Freeburg has the higher median household income ($60,536 vs $52,875 in Penns Creek). Freeburg has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $150,000 in Penns Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Freeburg	Penns Creek
Population	810	709
Median age	47.9 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,536	$52,875
Median home value	$175,000	$150,000
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,059
Housing units	335	292
Homeownership rate	78.8%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeburg	Penns Creek
Population	589 → 810 (+37.5%)	674 → 709 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$57,656 → $60,536 (+5.0%)	$39,336 → $52,875 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $175,000 (+33.3%)	$125,000 → $150,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $1,031 (+44.2%)	$707 → $1,059 (+49.8%)

Freeburg

Population

589810

Median household income

$57,656$60,536

Median home value

$131,300$175,000

Median gross rent

$715$1,031

Penns Creek

Population

674709

Median household income

$39,336$52,875

Median home value

$125,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$707$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeburg	Penns Creek
Under 5	2.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	4.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	21.3%
25 to 34	6.3%	21.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	18.6%	9.0%
75 and over	11.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeburg	Penns Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	73.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeburg	Penns Creek
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	49.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeburg	Penns Creek
Drove alone	79.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	11.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeburg	Penns Creek
1-unit, detached	87.8%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Freeburg	Penns Creek
Poverty rate	3.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1957	1976