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Freeland borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Freeland borough is a Census borough of 3,837 people across 0.68 square miles of land, in Luzerne County. Median household income is $57,833, 50.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $50,000.
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Freeland
What Freeland is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.68 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,683
- County holding the largest share of its areaLuzerne County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Freeland
How many people live in Freeland
- Population3,837
- Median age34.1 plus or minus 7.9
- Population under 18964 plus or minus 243
- Share under 1825.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Population 65 and over657 plus or minus 171
- Share 65 and over17.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Households1,640
- Family households1,084
- Share of households that are families66.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Freeland
Income and work in Freeland
- Median household income$57,833 plus or minus $18,423
- Per capita income$29,778
- Civilian labor force1,710
- Employed1,621
- Unemployed89 plus or minus 73
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over2,579
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Freeland
Housing in Freeland
- Housing units1,862
- Occupied units1,640
- Vacant units222 plus or minus 132
- Vacancy rate11.9 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied826 plus or minus 182
- Renter occupied814 plus or minus 189
- Ownership rate50.4 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Median owner-occupied home value$118,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$939
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Single family units1,484
- Share single family79.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more320 plus or minus 124
- Share in buildings of two or more17.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes58 plus or minus 59
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Freeland
How Freeland gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,502
- Commuting under 15 minutes268 plus or minus 114
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more446 plus or minus 158
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.7 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone68.8 percent
- Carpooled22.4 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home6.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Freeland
SBA loans in Freeland (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$50,000
- Average approval$50,000
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported0
- Jobs per approval0.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Freeland
Flood risk in Freeland
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number422637
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Luzerne County, not Freeland
Luzerne County context, not Freeland figures
These are Luzerne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Freeland measurements.
- Establishments in Luzerne County7,212
- Employment at those establishments, Luzerne County139,382
- Covered employment, Luzerne County145,190
- Average annual pay, Luzerne County$55,901
- Average weekly wage, Luzerne County$1,075
- Housing units permitted, Luzerne County325
- Of those, single family, Luzerne County293
- County product, 2024, Luzerne County$20,580,464,000
- County product change over the prior year, Luzerne County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Luzerne County$50,713
Every figure in this section is published for Luzerne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Freeland. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Freeland questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Freeland, Pennsylvania?
3,837, in 1,640 households. Freeland borough covers 0.68 square miles of land, which is 5,683 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Freeland in?
Luzerne County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Freeland?
$57,833. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $118,000. Median gross rent is $939 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Freeland businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $50,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Freeland, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Freeland borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Freeland. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Freeland in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Freeland appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 422637, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Freeland figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Luzerne County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Freeland.
Is zoning published for Freeland?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.