New Freedom vs Red Lion

A side-by-side comparison of New Freedom and Red Lion: population, income, housing, and more.

New Freedom and Red Lion are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Red Lion has the higher population (6,494 vs 5,003 in New Freedom). New Freedom has the higher median household income ($109,894 vs $63,672 in Red Lion). New Freedom has the higher median home value ($344,100 vs $172,000 in Red Lion).

Population, income & housing

	New Freedom	Red Lion
Population	5,003	6,494
Median age	47.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,894	$63,672
Median home value	$344,100	$172,000
Median gross rent	$1,519	$863
Housing units	1,792	2,841
Homeownership rate	90.5%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Freedom	Red Lion
Population	4,637 → 5,003 (+7.9%)	6,322 → 6,494 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$91,300 → $109,894 (+20.4%)	$58,003 → $63,672 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$275,700 → $344,100 (+24.8%)	$119,500 → $172,000 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,123 → $1,519 (+35.3%)	$825 → $863 (+4.6%)

New Freedom

Population

4,6375,003

Median household income

$91,300$109,894

Median home value

$275,700$344,100

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,519

Red Lion

Population

6,3226,494

Median household income

$58,003$63,672

Median home value

$119,500$172,000

Median gross rent

$825$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Freedom	Red Lion
Under 5	3.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	21.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.9%	6.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.5%
75 and over	9.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Freedom	Red Lion
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Freedom	Red Lion
No high school diploma	6.4%	14.8%
High school graduate	23.3%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Freedom	Red Lion
Drove alone	73.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Freedom	Red Lion
1-unit, detached	88.2%	29.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	32.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	New Freedom	Red Lion
Poverty rate	2.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.80	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1988	1944