Eatontown vs Freehold

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

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

Eatontown has the higher population (13,537 vs 12,504 in Freehold). Eatontown has the higher median household income ($90,174 vs $82,183 in Freehold). Eatontown has the higher median home value ($454,300 vs $401,900 in Freehold).

Population, income & housing

	Eatontown	Freehold
Population	13,537	12,504
Median age	45.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,174	$82,183
Median home value	$454,300	$401,900
Median gross rent	$1,599	$1,818
Housing units	6,217	4,437
Homeownership rate	54.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eatontown	Freehold
Population	12,214 → 13,537 (+10.8%)	11,797 → 12,504 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$66,223 → $90,174 (+36.2%)	$61,314 → $82,183 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$336,200 → $454,300 (+35.1%)	$291,800 → $401,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,599 (+29.8%)	$1,458 → $1,818 (+24.7%)

Eatontown

Population

12,21413,537

Median household income

$66,223$90,174

Median home value

$336,200$454,300

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,599

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)

	Eatontown	Freehold
Under 5	5.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.2%
75 and over	8.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eatontown	Freehold
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	35.8%
Black or African American	6.7%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	52.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eatontown	Freehold
No high school diploma	10.4%	16.2%
High school graduate	22.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eatontown	Freehold
Drove alone	73.3%	54.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	16.6%
Public transit	3.3%	3.7%
Walked	1.2%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	11.0%	11.5%
Other means	2.2%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eatontown	Freehold
1-unit, detached	39.5%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	25.2%	4.4%
20 or more units	9.6%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Eatontown	Freehold
Poverty rate	5.8%	14.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1972	1963