Eatontown vs West Freehold

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

Eatontown 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.

West Freehold has the higher population (14,233 vs 13,537 in Eatontown). West Freehold has the higher median household income ($120,570 vs $90,174 in Eatontown). West Freehold has the higher median home value ($507,600 vs $454,300 in Eatontown).

Population, income & housing

	Eatontown	West Freehold
Population	13,537	14,233
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,174	$120,570
Median home value	$454,300	$507,600
Median gross rent	$1,599	$2,107
Housing units	6,217	5,485
Homeownership rate	54.6%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eatontown	West Freehold
Population	12,214 → 13,537 (+10.8%)	13,680 → 14,233 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$66,223 → $90,174 (+36.2%)	$116,413 → $120,570 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$336,200 → $454,300 (+35.1%)	$415,000 → $507,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,599 (+29.8%)	$1,741 → $2,107 (+21.0%)

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

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)

	Eatontown	West Freehold
Under 5	5.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.3%
75 and over	8.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eatontown	West Freehold
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	75.1%
Black or African American	6.7%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eatontown	West Freehold
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	22.3%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eatontown	West Freehold
Drove alone	73.3%	64.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.0%
Public transit	3.3%	4.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.0%	23.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eatontown	West Freehold
1-unit, detached	39.5%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	25.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	9.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Eatontown	West Freehold
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1972	1978