Freeport vs Richwood

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

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

Freeport has the higher population (10,639 vs 4,766 in Richwood). Richwood has the higher median household income ($80,250 vs $53,606 in Freeport). Richwood has the higher median home value ($230,800 vs $118,900 in Freeport).

Population, income & housing

	Freeport	Richwood
Population	10,639	4,766
Median age	35.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,606	$80,250
Median home value	$118,900	$230,800
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,215
Housing units	5,193	2,006
Homeownership rate	60.5%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeport	Richwood
Population	12,147 → 10,639 (-12.4%)	3,911 → 4,766 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$38,462 → $53,606 (+39.4%)	$68,567 → $80,250 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $118,900 (+46.6%)	$175,700 → $230,800 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,061 (+21.7%)	$1,034 → $1,215 (+17.5%)

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

Richwood

Population

3,9114,766

Median household income

$68,567$80,250

Median home value

$175,700$230,800

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeport	Richwood
Under 5	5.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	22.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.0%
75 and over	4.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeport	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	43.2%
Black or African American	17.9%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	56.9%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeport	Richwood
No high school diploma	20.1%	20.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeport	Richwood
Drove alone	86.3%	86.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeport	Richwood
1-unit, detached	68.0%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	16.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeport	Richwood
Poverty rate	14.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1973	1986