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.Freehold is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Freehold is a borough of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Freehold who work in maintenance occupations (9.80%), food service (9.07%), and office and administrative support (8.47%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.19% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.In terms of college education, Freehold is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.07% of adults in Freehold have a college degree. The per capita income in Freehold in 2022 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Freehold's cultural character, accounting for 28.39% of the borough’s population. The most common language spoken in Freehold is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
