Freehold township, Monmouth County, New Jersey (NJ)

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Freehold township, NJ map Land area: 38.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 31,537 (94% urban, 6% rural)

Males: 15,588	(49.4%)
Females: 15,949	(50.6%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 29,845 (26,786 owner occupied, 3,059 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	10%
State:	34%

Races in Freehold township:

White Non-Hispanic: 83.6%
Black: 4.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 5.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 5.2%
Two or more races: 1.0%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 39.4

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Average household size: 2.76

Freehold township:	2.8 people
New Jersey:	2.7 people

Average family size: 3.21

Estimated median household income in 2007: $93,969 ($77,185 in 1999)

This township:	$93,969
New Jersey:	$67,035

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $1,123 (lower quartile is $972, upper quartile is $1,691)

Here:	$1,123
State:	$905

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $482,500 (it was $212,300 in 2000)

Freehold township:	$482,500
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $354,937 - $624,521

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $565,711
Here: $565,711
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $315,248
Here: $315,248
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $258,831
Here: $258,831
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $247,400
Here: $247,400
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $244,881
Here: $244,881
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $60,822
Here: $60,822
State: $53,584

Population density: 820 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	3.9%
Whole state:	8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	1.8%
Whole state:	4.2%

Cities in this township include: West Freehold, Freehold, East Freehold.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable locations in Freehold township: Jones Siding, Briarhill Welfare Home.

Cemetery: Maplewood Cemetery.

Reservoir: Lake Topanemus.

Creek: Debois Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 3,529 (61% naturalized citizens)

Freehold township:	11.2%
State:	17.5%

63% of Freehold township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in New Jersey.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 15322
Northeast: 10723
Midwest: 606
South: 918
West: 172

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $240,800

Freehold township, New Jersey satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

People in group quarters in Freehold township, New Jersey

1055 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
498 people in nursing homes
56 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
36 people in other nonhousehold living situations
20 people in homes for the mentally ill
17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
3 people in religious group quarters

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,929
One, attached: 1,981
Two: 103
3 or 4: 216
5 to 9: 804
10 to 19: 264
20 to 49: 66
50 or more: 267
Mobile homes: 402

Median worth of mobile homes: $53,900

Housing units in Freehold township with a mortgage: 6,585 (649 second mortgage, 892 home equity loan, 53 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,511

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 246
1995 to 1998: 1,174
1990 to 1994: 1,774
1980 to 1989: 2,497
1970 to 1979: 2,421
1960 to 1969: 1,897
1950 to 1959: 526
1940 to 1949: 203
1939 or earlier: 294

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Freehold township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 18 2 rooms: 41 3 rooms: 172 4 rooms: 730 5 rooms: 1,298 6 rooms: 1,398 7 rooms: 1,202 8 rooms: 1,993 9 or more rooms: 2,579

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Freehold township, New Jersey:
	1 room: 56 2 rooms: 99 3 rooms: 331 4 rooms: 414 5 rooms: 257 6 rooms: 92 7 rooms: 63 8 rooms: 47 9 or more rooms: 24

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Freehold township:
	no bedroom: 24 1 bedroom: 238 2 bedrooms: 2,133 3 bedrooms: 2,455 4 bedrooms: 3,538 5 or more bedrooms: 1,043

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Freehold township:
	no bedroom: 56 1 bedroom: 588 2 bedrooms: 506 3 bedrooms: 176 4 bedrooms: 50 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Freehold township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 276 1 vehicle: 2,247 2 vehicles: 4,915 3 vehicles: 1,537 4 vehicles: 344 5 or more vehicles: 112

Cars and other vehicles available in Freehold township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 211 1 vehicle: 680 2 vehicles: 394 3 vehicles: 73 4 vehicles: 7 5 or more vehicles: 18

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Finance and insurance (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Construction (9%)
Health care (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Educational services (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (14%)
Finance and insurance (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Public administration (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Computer specialists (6%)
Top executives (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Engineers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Business operations specialists (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Freehold township:

Italian (26.8%)
Irish (13.8%)
German (8.1%)
Polish (7.7%)
English (4.2%)
Russian (3.8%)
United States or American (2.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (9%)
Philippines (8%)
Italy (8%)
India (7%)
Poland (5%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
Germany (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 12,070 (79%)
Carpooled: 1,142 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 961 (6%)
Subway or elevated: 57 (0%)
Railroad: 177 (1%)
Ferryboat: 17 (0%)
Taxi: 25 (0%)
Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
Bicycle: 25 (0%)
Walked: 104 (1%)
Other means: 52 (0%)
Worked at home: 690 (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (81%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%) Electricity (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Freehold township, New Jersey

1055 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
498 people in nursing homes
56 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
36 people in other nonhousehold living situations
20 people in homes for the mentally ill
17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
3 people in religious group quarters

85.3% of residents of Freehold township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
7.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 29,845

In family households: 27,018 (6,857 male householders, 1,492 female householders)
7,224 spouses, 9,953 children (9,368 natural, 232 adopted, 353 stepchildren), 200 grandchildren, 134 brothers or sisters, 371 parents, 417 other relatives, 370 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,827 (940 male householders (759 living alone)), 1,532 female householders (1,403 living alone)), 355 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,692 (1,610 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,124 2-persons, 1,917 3-persons, 2,014 4-persons, 929 5-persons, 311 6-persons, 54 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,162 1-person, 293 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 7 4-persons.

6,839 married couples with children.
734 single-parent households (162 men, 572 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 309

Here:	8.1%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 190

Here:	11.3%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 284

Here:	25.9%
New Jersey:	30.1%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Freehold township:

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