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Freehold, NJ
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Freehold profile


Living in Freehold



Freehold is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,497 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Freehold is the 155th largest community in New Jersey.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.19% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Freehold, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Freehold is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Freehold citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.07% of adults in Freehold have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Freehold in 2018 was $33,223, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,892 for a family of four. However, Freehold contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Freehold is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Freehold home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Freehold, accounting for 44.98% of the borough’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Freehold residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Freehold include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and Israeli.

In addition, Freehold has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (28.39%).

The most common language spoken in Freehold is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.