Freehold vs Tinton Falls

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

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

Tinton Falls has the higher population (19,252 vs 12,504 in Freehold). Tinton Falls has the higher median household income ($113,844 vs $82,183 in Freehold). Tinton Falls has the higher median home value ($458,300 vs $401,900 in Freehold).

Population, income & housing

	Freehold	Tinton Falls
Population	12,504	19,252
Median age	35.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,183	$113,844
Median home value	$401,900	$458,300
Median gross rent	$1,818	$2,103
Housing units	4,437	9,095
Homeownership rate	50.2%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freehold	Tinton Falls
Population	11,797 → 12,504 (+6.0%)	17,632 → 19,252 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$61,314 → $82,183 (+34.0%)	$87,157 → $113,844 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$291,800 → $401,900 (+37.7%)	$354,300 → $458,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,818 (+24.7%)	$1,895 → $2,103 (+11.0%)

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

Tinton Falls

Population

17,63219,252

Median household income

$87,157$113,844

Median home value

$354,300$458,300

Median gross rent

$1,895$2,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freehold	Tinton Falls
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.2%
75 and over	6.1%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freehold	Tinton Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	74.5%
Black or African American	6.8%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	52.2%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freehold	Tinton Falls
No high school diploma	16.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freehold	Tinton Falls
Drove alone	54.5%	69.7%
Carpooled	16.6%	6.0%
Public transit	3.7%	5.8%
Walked	6.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	16.5%
Other means	5.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freehold	Tinton Falls
1-unit, detached	54.6%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	8.1%
20 or more units	19.0%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freehold	Tinton Falls
Poverty rate	14.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1963	1992