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Upper Freehold Township's standout: it has 54 miles of trail and 54% conserved land. Overall it grades A−, ranked 159th of 466 in New Jersey. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 95% of the country and the median household earns $184K. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns, with 7 places on the National Register. 54% of the land in Upper Freehold Township is conserved, above both the New Jersey town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On cost of living, just 39 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. The biggest place to walk is Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, 2,877 acres with 17.2 miles of trail.
Where Upper Freehold Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 3,442 in 1790, a low of 1,737 in 1920, 7,273 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1830 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Upper Freehold Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Upper Freehold Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw30 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw33 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile ArenaSix Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Upper Freehold Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Upper Freehold Township.
Upper Freehold Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey, has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey and has household incomes well above the New Jersey norm.
Its 16,411 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of New Jersey towns.
The trail network density for Upper Freehold Township comes to 1.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 2, covering 2,901 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Assunpink Wildlife Management Area | 17.2 mi | 2,877 |
| 2. Byron Johnson Park | 1 mi | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its two schools are below. The Upper Freehold Regional School District runs its public schools. Enrollment at Upper Freehold Township’s public school: 433 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonebridge Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 433 | A |
| New Jersey United Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 2–12 | Grades 2–12 | 90 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 7.5% of its 4,978 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide. Against the 1,265 U.S. towns with household incomes like Upper Freehold Township’s, it is healthier than 50%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
15% of Upper Freehold Township adults have been diagnosed with depression, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 23%. In Upper Freehold Township, 27% of adults feel lonely. Of 32 CDC measures, Upper Freehold Township beats the New Jersey average on 16 and trails it on 2.
| Upper Freehold Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Upper Freehold Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The top destinations are New York (10%), Hamilton Township (7%) and Allentown (3%). Just 5% of Upper Freehold Township’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs here fell by 198 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,506. The town’s typical journey to work is 32 minutes.
| Upper Freehold Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $184,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 87° in July, and January nights bottom out around 24°; snowfall runs to about 24 inches a winter. Summers in Upper Freehold Township are warm, and winters chilly.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The FEMA hazard score in Upper Freehold Township is 61 of 100. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2016. Expected losses in Upper Freehold Township break down as 35% from inland flooding and 35% from strong winds. Since 1980, Upper Freehold Township has seen 3 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Upper Freehold Township
About 2 of every 100 Upper Freehold Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Upper Freehold Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
7 places in Upper Freehold Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Upper Freehold Township is a township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 7,273, an increase of 371 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 6,902, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,620 (+61.2%) from the 4,282 counted in the 2000 census.
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6 towns share a border with Upper Freehold Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Freehold Township | #159 | A− | C | — | B | A |
| Millstone Township | #197 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Roosevelt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbinsville Township | #89 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Allentown | — | — | C− | A | B | A |
| North Hanover Township | #351 | C | D− | — | B | B |
| Hamilton Township | #346 | C | C− | C | C | A |
Allentown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Upper Freehold Township, Millstone Township and North Hanover Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Roosevelt isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Upper Freehold Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Upper Freehold Township grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #159 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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