It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Freeport has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Freeport has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Freeport than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Freeport may be for you.
Freeport is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Being a small city, Freeport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Freeport have a very low rate of college education: just 7.23% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Freeport in 2022 was $28,967, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,868 for a family of four. However, Freeport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Freeport is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Freeport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Freeport, accounting for 59.20% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Freeport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Freeport include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Czech.
Freeport also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.35%.
The most common language spoken in Freeport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
