† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFreelandMichiganUnited States
German28.6%17.7%12.5%
Irish11.0%9.9%9.4%
English9.9%10.5%9.5%
Polish8.0%7.2%2.2%
French4.1%3.0%1.6%
American4.0%4.2%5.3%
Italian3.1%4.2%4.8%
Scottish2.1%—1.3%
African American†9.0%12.2%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Mexican3.6%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Freeland
Michigan
United States
Median age
38.8
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.0%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Freeland
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$110,547
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.5%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.5%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Freeland
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.0%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.6%
3.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Freeland
Michigan
United States
Catholic
—
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
60.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Freeland, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−21.0%
2008
−11.0%
2012
−20.8%
2016
−32.4%
2020
−27.6%
2024
−29.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
34.8%Harris1,471
63.9%Trump2,700
1.3%
R+29.1
R+1.5
R+27.6
4,226
R
35.5%Biden1,403
63.0%Trump2,493
1.5%
R+27.6
D+4.8
R+32.0
3,956
R
31.3%Clinton1,039
63.7%Trump2,114
5.1%
R+32.4
R+11.6
R+34.5
3,321
R
39.0%Obama1,295
59.8%Romney1,984
1.2%
R+20.8
R+9.7
R+24.6
3,319
R
43.7%Obama1,457
54.7%McCain1,824
1.6%
R+11.0
D+10.0
R+18.3
3,333
R
39.0%Kerry1,324
60.0%Bush2,037
1.0%
R+21.0
—
R+18.5
3,396
Freeland sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.1 points.
A population of 7,557, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $110,547 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Francis and Union Grove.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Freeland, Michigan voted Republican by 29.1 points (R+29.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,226 votes cast, 1,471 went Democratic and 2,700 went Republican.
How many people live in Freeland, Michigan?
Freeland, Michigan has a population of 7,557 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Freeland, Michigan?
Median household income in Freeland, Michigan is $110,547 — above the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Freeland, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Freeland, Michigan from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
