Freeport

Population & Demographics

Freeport, NY

Freeport is home to 44,088 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,440 resident workers commute each day.

New YorkCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
44,088
people
Population

44,088 residents

Median age 40.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Freeport population & demographics

Who lives in Freeport — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
44,088
Median age
40.0yrs
Median household income
$120,625
Median home value
$505,900
Median gross rent
$2,077/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
27.5%
Poverty rate
7.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Freeport

How Freeport breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino45.2%
Black32.5%
White16.2%
Asian2.6%
Two or more races2.5%
Some other race0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Freeport

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Freeport.

Freeport at a glance
Employed Residents
21,440
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
11.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
New York
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Freeport proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Freeport commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

29 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Freeport

21,440 commutes, one dot at a time

Freeport

Where 21,440 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Freeport, by worker count.

1New York17.7 mi6,299
2Freeport0.0 mi2,522
3Uniondale4.0 mi680
4Hempstead3.8 mi638
5Garden City5.9 mi525
6Oceanside2.9 mi423
7Manhasset11.1 mi406
8Rockville Centre2.7 mi374

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Freeport.

1New York17.7 mi2,561
2Freeport0.0 mi2,522
3Baldwin1.2 mi434
4Hempstead3.8 mi388
5Roosevelt1.7 mi353
6Uniondale4.0 mi272
7Oceanside2.9 mi258
8Merrick1.8 mi203

Top industries

The sectors that employ Freeport’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade17.6%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.1%
EDEducational Services10.8%
COConstruction9.6%
MFManufacturing8.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.6%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Freeport

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

2 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps100%
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