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Freehold borough, Monmouth County, NJ

12,507 Population
1.9 square miles 6,472.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monmouth County: 43.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,668 ±$5,132 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Monmouth County: $66,696 ±$972
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$85,707 ±$17,460 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Monmouth County: $124,845 ±$2,115
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

14.3% ±3.9% (1,732  ±484) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Monmouth County: 6.5% 41,441 (±0.4% / ±2,364)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

22.5 minutes ±1.9 (119,680  ±17,369) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Monmouth County: 32.1 8,442,360 (±0.4 / ±148,960)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

4,201 ±311 Number of households
  • Monmouth County: 251,712 ±1,121
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
3 ±0.2 (12,435  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Monmouth County: 2.5 638,630 (±0 / ±110)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

6.9% ±4.1% (199  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Monmouth County: 4.9% † 6,720 (±0.6% / ±799)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

4,379 ±318 Number of housing units
  • Monmouth County: 270,415 ±215
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$416,800 ±$21,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Monmouth County: $606,100 ±$5,540
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

8.6% ±2.9% (1,066  ±360.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 8.4% 53,927 (±0.4% / ±2,777.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

83.6% ±4.2% (6,509  ±580.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monmouth County: 94.2% 431,368 (±1.1% / ±4,907.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
29.5% ±3.6% (2,293  ±329.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monmouth County: 51.3% 235,034 (±0.7% / ±3,356.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

26.6% ±3.1% (3,327  ±387) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Monmouth County: 13.6% 87,843
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

4.6% ±1.5% (414  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monmouth County: 4% 20,507 (±0.2% / ±1,152)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
414 Total veterans ±133 366 Male ±127 48 Female ±34

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