Long Branch vs West Freehold

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

Long Branch 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.

Long Branch has the higher population (32,184 vs 14,233 in West Freehold). West Freehold has the higher median household income ($120,570 vs $73,381 in Long Branch). Long Branch has the higher median home value ($519,000 vs $507,600 in West Freehold).

Population, income & housing

	Long Branch	West Freehold
Population	32,184	14,233
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,381	$120,570
Median home value	$519,000	$507,600
Median gross rent	$1,744	$2,107
Housing units	15,135	5,485
Homeownership rate	41.3%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Branch	West Freehold
Population	30,516 → 32,184 (+5.5%)	13,680 → 14,233 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$59,892 → $73,381 (+22.5%)	$116,413 → $120,570 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$362,400 → $519,000 (+43.2%)	$415,000 → $507,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,744 (+33.0%)	$1,741 → $2,107 (+21.0%)

Long Branch

Population

30,51632,184

Median household income

$59,892$73,381

Median home value

$362,400$519,000

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,744

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)

	Long Branch	West Freehold
Under 5	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	22.5%
18 to 24	13.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.3%
75 and over	6.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Branch	West Freehold
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	75.1%
Black or African American	11.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Branch	West Freehold
No high school diploma	15.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Branch	West Freehold
Drove alone	56.0%	64.8%
Carpooled	23.5%	5.0%
Public transit	4.8%	4.1%
Walked	2.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.3%	23.9%
Other means	4.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Branch	West Freehold
1-unit, detached	33.3%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	11.3%
20 or more units	28.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Long Branch	West Freehold
Poverty rate	16.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1969	1978