Photo: Bestbudbrian · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Upper Freehold Township are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.2% of residents, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. The two grades for Upper Freehold Township are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 5% work in Upper Freehold Township; the top destination outside it is New York City (10%, 47 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Upper Freehold Township and work: the main findings
Upper Freehold Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Upper Freehold Township is New York City, NY, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (332) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Upper Freehold Township makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Upper Freehold Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Upper Freehold Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Upper Freehold Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Freehold Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #184 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Upper Freehold Township’s grade up ($183,750, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Freehold Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Upper Freehold Township’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Factories, building and farms: 40% of the jobs in Upper Freehold Township
1,506 jobs are based in Upper Freehold Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Freehold Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,704 → 1,506. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Freehold Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Upper Freehold Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,155 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 1,326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Upper Freehold Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Upper Freehold Township’s working residents head each day
Where Upper Freehold Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Commuting from Upper Freehold Township: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Freehold Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,437 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most trips from Upper Freehold Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Freehold Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #402 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,187 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Upper Freehold Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Upper Freehold Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
609th of 3,122: where Upper Freehold Township ranks among U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Old Tappan NJ | 6,686 | $205K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 607 | Upper Saddle River NJ | 8,650 | $250K | 4.5% | 7.3% | 4% | A |
| 608 | Harrisville UT | 7,154 | $89K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| 609 | Upper Freehold Township NJ | 7,251 | $184K | 2.2% | 6.3% | 5% | A |
| 610 | Green Brook Township NJ | 7,410 | $208K | 6.0% | 5.7% | 5% | A |
| 611 | Chartiers Township PA | 9,302 | $100K | 4.4% | 3.5% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Upper Freehold Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Next door is work for 13% of Upper Freehold Township
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Freehold Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Freehold Township | – | A | B | 32 min | $183,750 |
| Millstone Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 36 min | $218,472 |
| Roosevelt | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Robbinsville Township | 3% | A | A | 36 min | $169,450 |
| Allentown | 3% | A+ | A− | 30 min | $120,714 |
| North Hanover Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $86,683 |
| Hamilton Township | 7% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $100,771 |
Same-state neighbors only. Roosevelt: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Freehold Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Upper Freehold Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Freehold Township?
$183,750 (±$40,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Freehold Township?
2.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Freehold Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Freehold Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (10%, 47 mi), Hamilton Township (7%, 8 mi), Allentown (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Freehold Township walkable?
Upper Freehold Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Freehold Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Freehold Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Freehold Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.