Asbury Park vs Freehold

A side-by-side comparison of Asbury Park and Freehold: population, income, housing, and more.

Asbury Park and Freehold are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Asbury Park has the higher population (15,239 vs 12,504 in Freehold). Freehold has the higher median household income ($82,183 vs $71,080 in Asbury Park). Asbury Park has the higher median home value ($508,800 vs $401,900 in Freehold).

Population, income & housing

	Asbury Park	Freehold
Population	15,239	12,504
Median age	38.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,080	$82,183
Median home value	$508,800	$401,900
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,818
Housing units	8,851	4,437
Homeownership rate	29.3%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asbury Park	Freehold
Population	15,597 → 15,239 (-2.3%)	11,797 → 12,504 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$47,841 → $71,080 (+48.6%)	$61,314 → $82,183 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$377,400 → $508,800 (+34.8%)	$291,800 → $401,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,679 (+36.6%)	$1,458 → $1,818 (+24.7%)

Asbury Park

Population

15,59715,239

Median household income

$47,841$71,080

Median home value

$377,400$508,800

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,679

Freehold

Population

11,79712,504

Median household income

$61,314$82,183

Median home value

$291,800$401,900

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asbury Park	Freehold
Under 5	3.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	23.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.2%
75 and over	4.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asbury Park	Freehold
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	35.8%
Black or African American	27.9%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	52.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asbury Park	Freehold
No high school diploma	9.7%	16.2%
High school graduate	24.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asbury Park	Freehold
Drove alone	60.6%	54.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	16.6%
Public transit	5.1%	3.7%
Walked	6.4%	6.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	2.3%
Worked from home	14.9%	11.5%
Other means	3.1%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asbury Park	Freehold
1-unit, detached	24.8%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	29.8%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Asbury Park	Freehold
Poverty rate	18.8%	14.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1959	1963