Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Freeport commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Freeport C−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Freeport has 201 jobs; 855 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Freeport apart
Freeport is a place people come home to
There are 201 jobs based in Freeport, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Freeport has about 1,000 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Freeport than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Freeport fell from 366 in 2013 to 201 in 2023, −45%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Freeport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Freeport is Pittsburgh, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (67) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 855 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Freeport’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Freeport is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Freeport’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (27.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Freeport’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Freeport could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Who commutes out of Freeport, and who commutes in
On a workday 806 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Freeport on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Freeport: what the 201 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Freeport, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 201. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Freeport commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
8% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Freeport clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Freeport: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Freeport workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 731 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Freeport, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Freeport is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Freeport near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 832 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Freeport households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Freeport’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Freeport is 4,098th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,096 | Lanark IL | 1,452 | $59K | 12.7% | 2.3% | 8% | C− |
| 4,097 | Arkoma OK | 1,863 | $44K | 22.1% | 7.8% | 5% | C− |
| 4,098 | Freeport PA | 1,672 | $49K | 27.3% | 5.6% | 6% | C− |
| 4,099 | Baxter TN | 2,128 | $59K | 20.5% | 0.8% | 2% | C− |
| 4,100 | Marfa TX | 1,574 | $44K | 26.9% | 0.0% | 45% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Freeport, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Freeport
The biggest share goes to Buffalo Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Freeport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport | – | C− | A− | 22 min | $48,843 |
| South Buffalo Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 32 min | $93,241 |
| Allegheny Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 33 min | $79,894 |
| Buffalo Township | 5% | A | C | 27 min | $99,635 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Freeport’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Freeport: questions
What is the median household income in Freeport?
$48,843 (±$7,824) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Freeport?
27.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Freeport?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Freeport work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (8%, 23 mi), Harrison Township (6%, 4 mi), Buffalo Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Freeport walkable?
Freeport is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Freeport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Freeport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Freeport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.