Freehold vs West Freehold

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

Freehold 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 12,504 in Freehold). West Freehold has the higher median household income ($120,570 vs $82,183 in Freehold). West Freehold has the higher median home value ($507,600 vs $401,900 in Freehold).

Population, income & housing

	Freehold	West Freehold
Population	12,504	14,233
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,183	$120,570
Median home value	$401,900	$507,600
Median gross rent	$1,818	$2,107
Housing units	4,437	5,485
Homeownership rate	50.2%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freehold	West Freehold
Population	11,797 → 12,504 (+6.0%)	13,680 → 14,233 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$61,314 → $82,183 (+34.0%)	$116,413 → $120,570 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$291,800 → $401,900 (+37.7%)	$415,000 → $507,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,818 (+24.7%)	$1,741 → $2,107 (+21.0%)

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

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)

	Freehold	West Freehold
Under 5	6.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.3%
75 and over	6.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freehold	West Freehold
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	75.1%
Black or African American	6.8%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	52.2%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freehold	West Freehold
No high school diploma	16.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freehold	West Freehold
Drove alone	54.5%	64.8%
Carpooled	16.6%	5.0%
Public transit	3.7%	4.1%
Walked	6.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.5%	23.9%
Other means	5.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freehold	West Freehold
1-unit, detached	54.6%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	19.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Freehold	West Freehold
Poverty rate	14.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1963	1978