Freeman, Maine.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,272 (+143%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Maine$2,162
- United States$1,922
Living in Freeman, Franklin County, Maine
The Census does not count Freeman on its own, so the figures here are Franklin County's. Half the county's households earn more than $58,675 a year and half less; 12% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 76% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Franklin County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Freeman is a small town in Franklin County, Maine, where winters are long and cold and bring a good deal of snow. Summers are warm and mild by comparison, and the year is fairly wet. Across Franklin County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and neighbors tend to know one another.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals, social care, shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services. Across Franklin County, unemployment has eased a little over the past year, while the number of jobs has dipped very slightly. Most people drive to work, and some work from home.
Things to do. Sugarloaf, a ski area, is a short drive away and is a good base for winter visits. Smalls Falls, a waterfall, is also a short drive away, and Rangeley Lake, a lake, is a longer drive away.
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- 12,675households
- 46.1median age
- 32%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What people in Franklin County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 10,512 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 23° and lows near 0°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 53°. About 123 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rangeley weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Franklin County
- Franklin Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital606FTE
- RSU 09 SchoolsSchool district548FTE
- University of Maine at FarmingtonUniversity or college332
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters275
- LifeMadeDinnerware, plastics, manufacturing164
- HannafordGrocery stores144
- RSU 58/msad 58 SchoolsSchool district134FTE
- Town of WiltonCity and town managers' offices102
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 28 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,032 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Franklin County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Franklin County.
Freeman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Freeman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Freeman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.