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Population (year 2000): 3,241. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,081 (-4.9% change)
Males: 1,587 (49.0%), Females: 1,654 (51.0%)
Duval County
Zip code:
78357
Median resident age: 30.5 years
Median household income: $25,078 (year 2000)
Median house value: $31,300 (year 2000)
Races in Freer:
- Hispanic (77.4%)
- White Non-Hispanic (21.2%)
- Other race (14.9%)
- Two or more races (3.1%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (4.3%), United States (3.6%),
English (2.2%), Irish (1.0%).
Elevation: 528 feet
Land area: 4.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Freer
- High school or higher: 60.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 6.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Freer city
- Never married: 23.5%
- Now married: 56.4%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 7.0%
- Divorced: 10.8%
5.9% Foreign born (5.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -26 (-0.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Freer:
- ALICE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 38 miles; ALICE, TX)
- CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL ALICE (about 38 miles;
ALICE, TX)
- CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL KLEBERG (about 59 miles;
KINGSVILLE, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Freer:
- LAREDO INTL (about 63 miles; LAREDO, TX; ID: LRD)
- CORPUS CHRISTI INTL (about 78 miles; CORPUS CHRISTI,
TX; ID: CRP)
- LACKLAND AFB (KELLY FLD ANNEX) (about 104 miles; SAN
ANTONIO, TX; ID: SKF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Freer:
- DUVAL-FREER (about 2 miles; FREER, TX; ID: T19)
- JIM HOGG COUNTY (about 39 miles; HEBBRONVILLE, TX;
ID: HBV)
- ORANGE GROVE NALF (about 40 miles; ORANGE GROVE, TX;
ID: NOG)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Freer:
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE (about 59 miles;
KINGSVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,860)
- TEXAS A & M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (about 65
miles; LAREDO, TX; FT enrollment: 2,107)
- LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; LAREDO,
TX; FT enrollment: 4,449)
- COASTAL BEND COLLEGE (about 71 miles; BEEVILLE, TX;
FT enrollment: 2,150)
- DEL MAR COLLEGE (about 85 miles; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX;
FT enrollment: 5,454)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (about 89
miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 5,282)
- PALO ALTO COLLEGE (about 101 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX;
FT enrollment: 3,623)
Public high school in Freer:
- FREER H S (Students: 260; Location: 905 S
NORTON; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Freer:
- NORMAN M THOMAS EL (Students: 454; Location:
905 S NORTON; Grades: PK - 05)
- FREER J H (Students: 196; Location: 905 S
NORTON; Grades: 06 - 08)
- FREER ALTER (Students: 8; Location: PO BOX
240; Grades: 06 - 12)
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