Asbury Park vs West Freehold

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

Asbury Park and West 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 14,233 in West Freehold). West Freehold has the higher median household income ($120,570 vs $71,080 in Asbury Park). Asbury Park has the higher median home value ($508,800 vs $507,600 in West Freehold).

Population, income & housing

	Asbury Park	West Freehold
Population	15,239	14,233
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,080	$120,570
Median home value	$508,800	$507,600
Median gross rent	$1,679	$2,107
Housing units	8,851	5,485
Homeownership rate	29.3%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asbury Park	West Freehold
Population	15,597 → 15,239 (-2.3%)	13,680 → 14,233 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$47,841 → $71,080 (+48.6%)	$116,413 → $120,570 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$377,400 → $508,800 (+34.8%)	$415,000 → $507,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,679 (+36.6%)	$1,741 → $2,107 (+21.0%)

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

West Freehold

Population

13,68014,233

Median household income

$116,413$120,570

Median home value

$415,000$507,600

Median gross rent

$1,741$2,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Asbury Park	West Freehold
Under 5	3.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	23.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asbury Park	West Freehold
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	75.1%
Black or African American	27.9%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asbury Park	West Freehold
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	24.9%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asbury Park	West Freehold
Drove alone	60.6%	64.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.0%
Public transit	5.1%	4.1%
Walked	6.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.9%	23.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asbury Park	West Freehold
1-unit, detached	24.8%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	11.3%
20 or more units	29.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Asbury Park	West Freehold
Poverty rate	18.8%	4.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1959	1978