Freehold vs Robertsville

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

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

Freehold has the higher population (12,504 vs 11,859 in Robertsville). Robertsville has the higher median household income ($204,421 vs $82,183 in Freehold). Robertsville has the higher median home value ($645,100 vs $401,900 in Freehold).

Population, income & housing

	Freehold	Robertsville
Population	12,504	11,859
Median age	35.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,183	$204,421
Median home value	$401,900	$645,100
Median gross rent	$1,818	$2,605
Housing units	4,437	4,053
Homeownership rate	50.2%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freehold	Robertsville
Population	11,797 → 12,504 (+6.0%)	11,874 → 11,859 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$61,314 → $82,183 (+34.0%)	$151,397 → $204,421 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$291,800 → $401,900 (+37.7%)	$496,900 → $645,100 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,818 (+24.7%)	$2,170 → $2,605 (+20.0%)

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

Robertsville

Population

11,87411,859

Median household income

$151,397$204,421

Median home value

$496,900$645,100

Median gross rent

$2,170$2,605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freehold	Robertsville
Under 5	6.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.7%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freehold	Robertsville
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	71.7%
Black or African American	6.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	52.2%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freehold	Robertsville
No high school diploma	16.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freehold	Robertsville
Drove alone	54.5%	57.7%
Carpooled	16.6%	1.7%
Public transit	3.7%	10.6%
Walked	6.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	29.2%
Other means	5.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freehold	Robertsville
1-unit, detached	54.6%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	19.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Freehold	Robertsville
Poverty rate	14.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1963	1979