Freeborn County vs Morrison County

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

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

Morrison County has the higher population (34,131 vs 30,752 in Freeborn County). Freeborn County has the higher median household income ($69,012 vs $68,640 in Morrison County). Morrison County has the higher median home value ($237,000 vs $164,900 in Freeborn County).

Population, income & housing

	Freeborn County	Morrison County
Population	30,752	34,131
Median age	43.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,012	$68,640
Median home value	$164,900	$237,000
Median gross rent	$837	$782
Housing units	14,116	16,204
Homeownership rate	79.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeborn County	Morrison County
Population	30,463 → 30,752 (+0.9%)	33,064 → 34,131 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$53,631 → $69,012 (+28.7%)	$57,815 → $68,640 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $164,900 (+44.9%)	$170,100 → $237,000 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $837 (+22.9%)	$742 → $782 (+5.4%)

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

Morrison County

Population

33,06434,131

Median household income

$57,815$68,640

Median home value

$170,100$237,000

Median gross rent

$742$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeborn County	Morrison County
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.0%
75 and over	10.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeborn County	Morrison County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	94.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeborn County	Morrison County
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeborn County	Morrison County
Drove alone	80.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeborn County	Morrison County
1-unit, detached	79.5%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Freeborn County	Morrison County
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1959	1978