Freeburg vs Selinsgrove

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

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

Selinsgrove has the higher population (5,655 vs 810 in Freeburg). Freeburg has the higher median household income ($60,536 vs $58,484 in Selinsgrove). Selinsgrove has the higher median home value ($195,400 vs $175,000 in Freeburg).

Population, income & housing

	Freeburg	Selinsgrove
Population	810	5,655
Median age	47.9 yrs	24.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,536	$58,484
Median home value	$175,000	$195,400
Median gross rent	$1,031	$946
Housing units	335	1,896
Homeownership rate	78.8%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeburg	Selinsgrove
Population	589 → 810 (+37.5%)	5,927 → 5,655 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$57,656 → $60,536 (+5.0%)	$52,770 → $58,484 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $175,000 (+33.3%)	$154,600 → $195,400 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $1,031 (+44.2%)	$787 → $946 (+20.2%)

Freeburg

Population

589810

Median household income

$57,656$60,536

Median home value

$131,300$175,000

Median gross rent

$715$1,031

Selinsgrove

Population

5,9275,655

Median household income

$52,770$58,484

Median home value

$154,600$195,400

Median gross rent

$787$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeburg	Selinsgrove
Under 5	2.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	5.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	43.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	18.6%	10.3%
75 and over	11.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeburg	Selinsgrove
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeburg	Selinsgrove
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	49.1%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeburg	Selinsgrove
Drove alone	79.9%	53.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.9%	27.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeburg	Selinsgrove
1-unit, detached	87.8%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeburg	Selinsgrove
Poverty rate	3.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.64	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1957	1950