Freeborn is home to 348 people in Minnesota. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 15% of adults. This skews young, with a median age of 31.8. The poverty rate is 30.1%, above the 12.5% national rate. Owners hold 82% of the housing stock. The typical home is worth $88,800, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $50,000, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 31.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Freeborn
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate5.0% → 30.1%(+25.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age33.8 → 31.8(−2.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Median home value (2024 dollars)$80,162 → $88,800(+11%)US over the same years: +67%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era66.7%(2)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Freeborn, decade by decade
Freeborn population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
301
$61,751
$80,162
14.7%
1.7
2000
305
$70,134
$72,866
14.8%
3.2
2010
297
$56,644
$97,391
12.6%
11.3
2020
264
$52,775
$85,570
11.9%
11.1
2024
348
$50,000
$88,800
14.9%
33.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
