East Freehold vs Union Beach

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

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

Union Beach has the higher population (5,722 vs 5,381 in East Freehold). East Freehold has the higher median household income ($195,804 vs $128,400 in Union Beach). East Freehold has the higher median home value ($626,800 vs $452,900 in Union Beach).

Population, income & housing

	East Freehold	Union Beach
Population	5,381	5,722
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$195,804	$128,400
Median home value	$626,800	$452,900
Median gross rent	$1,828	$1,957
Housing units	1,685	2,253
Homeownership rate	88.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.4%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Freehold	Union Beach
Population	4,880 → 5,381 (+10.3%)	5,390 → 5,722 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$128,355 → $195,804 (+52.5%)	$87,571 → $128,400 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$476,700 → $626,800 (+31.5%)	$268,500 → $452,900 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,681 → $1,828 (+8.7%)	$1,698 → $1,957 (+15.3%)

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

Union Beach

Population

5,3905,722

Median household income

$87,571$128,400

Median home value

$268,500$452,900

Median gross rent

$1,698$1,957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Freehold	Union Beach
Under 5	6.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	18.7%	20.7%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.5%
75 and over	5.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Freehold	Union Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Freehold	Union Beach
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	13.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Freehold	Union Beach
Drove alone	66.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.3%
Public transit	2.2%	6.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Freehold	Union Beach
1-unit, detached	90.9%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Freehold	Union Beach
Poverty rate	10.1%	1.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1979	1964