Freeport vs Iowa Colony

A side-by-side comparison of Freeport and Iowa Colony: population, income, housing, and more.

Freeport and Iowa Colony are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iowa Colony has the higher population (11,028 vs 10,639 in Freeport). Iowa Colony has the higher median household income ($126,167 vs $53,606 in Freeport). Iowa Colony has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $118,900 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Iowa Colony
Population	10,639	11,028
Median age	35.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,606	$126,167
Median home value	$118,900	$356,300
Median gross rent	$1,061	$2,188
Housing units	5,193	4,144
Homeownership rate	60.5%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Iowa Colony
Population	12,147 → 10,639 (-12.4%)	1,811 → 11,028 (+508.9%)
Median household income	$38,462 → $53,606 (+39.4%)	$105,688 → $126,167 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $118,900 (+46.6%)	$282,200 → $356,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,061 (+21.7%)	$867 → $2,188 (+152.4%)

Freeport

Population

12,14710,639

Median household income

$38,462$53,606

Median home value

$81,100$118,900

Median gross rent

$872$1,061

Iowa Colony

Population

1,81111,028

Median household income

$105,688$126,167

Median home value

$282,200$356,300

Median gross rent

$867$2,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Iowa Colony
Under 5	5.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	19.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	7.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	4.5%
75 and over	4.0%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Iowa Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	24.8%
Black or African American	17.9%	42.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	56.9%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Iowa Colony
No high school diploma	20.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Iowa Colony
Drove alone	86.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	20.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Iowa Colony
1-unit, detached	68.0%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Iowa Colony
Poverty rate	14.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.69	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1973	2014