COMPARING TWO PLACES
Mount Carroll vs Freeport
PLACE A
Mount Carroll, Illinois
VS
PLACE B
Freeport, Pennsylvania
Mount Carroll is 14% smaller than Freeport. Mount Carroll earns more, with a median household income $9,657 higher. Freeport has grown faster since 2000 (-4% vs -14%).
MOUNT CARROLLFREEPORTDIFFERENCE
Total population1,4321,672−14% vs Freeport
Population density7151,317−602
Population growth-13.9%-4.2%−9.6 pts
Median age43.237.6+5.6
Male46.5%49.5%−3.0 pts
Female53.5%50.5%+3.0 pts
Foreign-born2.3%1.3%+1.0 pts
White, non-Hispanic93.4%93.3%+0.1 pts
Black1.1%0.4%+0.7 pts
Hispanic / Latino2.7%0.3%+2.4 pts
Asian1.5%0.0%+1.5 pts
Other1.3%6.0%−4.6 pts
Median household income$58,500$48,843+$9,657
Per capita income$32,181$37,268−$5,087
Poverty rate14.1%27.3%−13.2 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.3560.524−0.2
Bachelor's degree or higher21.5%23.6%−2.1 pts
Graduate degree8.2%8.5%−0.3 pts
Unemployment rate3.2%5.6%−2.4 pts
Labor force participation66.9%63.7%+3.2 pts
Median home value$86,600$110,600−$24,000
Median gross rent$785$774+$11
Owner-occupied71.7%56.9%+14.8 pts
Housing vacancy rate13.5%6.5%+7.0 pts
Rent-burdened households28.9%23.7%+5.2 pts
Average commute26.022.1+3.9
Worked from home6.6%12.1%−5.5 pts
Public transit to work1.3%0.0%+1.3 pts
Uninsured2.2%1.7%+0.5 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025