Freeborn County vs Le Sueur County

A side-by-side comparison of Freeborn County and Le Sueur County: population, income, housing, and more.

Freeborn County and Le Sueur County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Freeborn County has the higher population (30,752 vs 28,936 in Le Sueur County). Le Sueur County has the higher median household income ($90,218 vs $69,012 in Freeborn County). Le Sueur County has the higher median home value ($287,700 vs $164,900 in Freeborn County).

Population, income & housing

	Freeborn County	Le Sueur County
Population	30,752	28,936
Median age	43.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,012	$90,218
Median home value	$164,900	$287,700
Median gross rent	$837	$885
Housing units	14,116	12,978
Homeownership rate	79.3%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeborn County	Le Sueur County
Population	30,463 → 30,752 (+0.9%)	28,242 → 28,936 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$53,631 → $69,012 (+28.7%)	$71,080 → $90,218 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $164,900 (+44.9%)	$207,400 → $287,700 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $837 (+22.9%)	$773 → $885 (+14.5%)

Freeborn County

Population

30,46330,752

Median household income

$53,631$69,012

Median home value

$113,800$164,900

Median gross rent

$681$837

Le Sueur County

Population

28,24228,936

Median household income

$71,080$90,218

Median home value

$207,400$287,700

Median gross rent

$773$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeborn County	Le Sueur County
Under 5	5.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.9%
75 and over	10.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeborn County	Le Sueur County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeborn County	Le Sueur County
No high school diploma	10.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeborn County	Le Sueur County
Drove alone	80.9%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeborn County	Le Sueur County
1-unit, detached	79.5%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Freeborn County	Le Sueur County
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1959	1973