Belmar vs East Freehold

A side-by-side comparison of Belmar and East Freehold: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belmar has the higher population (5,861 vs 5,381 in East Freehold). East Freehold has the higher median household income ($195,804 vs $92,859 in Belmar). Belmar has the higher median home value ($771,400 vs $626,800 in East Freehold).

Population, income & housing

	Belmar	East Freehold
Population	5,861	5,381
Median age	43.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,859	$195,804
Median home value	$771,400	$626,800
Median gross rent	$1,832	$1,828
Housing units	3,835	1,685
Homeownership rate	49.3%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	64.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmar	East Freehold
Population	5,624 → 5,861 (+4.2%)	4,880 → 5,381 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$87,639 → $92,859 (+6.0%)	$128,355 → $195,804 (+52.5%)
Median home value	$599,900 → $771,400 (+28.6%)	$476,700 → $626,800 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,832 (+16.8%)	$1,681 → $1,828 (+8.7%)

Belmar

Population

5,6245,861

Median household income

$87,639$92,859

Median home value

$599,900$771,400

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,832

East Freehold

Population

4,8805,381

Median household income

$128,355$195,804

Median home value

$476,700$626,800

Median gross rent

$1,681$1,828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmar	East Freehold
Under 5	2.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	18.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	4.2%
75 and over	5.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmar	East Freehold
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	80.6%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmar	East Freehold
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	14.4%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	39.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmar	East Freehold
Drove alone	67.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.0%
Public transit	3.9%	2.2%
Walked	3.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.7%	19.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmar	East Freehold
1-unit, detached	49.4%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	15.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmar	East Freehold
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.10	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1959	1979