Work & commute · Freehold

Work & commute in Freehold, NJ

Most working residents leave Freehold for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Freehold (9%), New York (9%) and Manalapan (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

398 of 5,778 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,380 Freehold residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 7,391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freehold.

5,380live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

7,391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freehold goes to work

Freehold2.8 mi away

9%542

New York, NY33 mi away

9%525

Freehold (in town)right here

7%398

Manalapan4 mi away

3%189

Howell6.8 mi away

3%152

Marlboro5.8 mi away

2%141

Lakewood13.3 mi away

2%117

Edison17.3 mi away

2%103

Jersey City33.1 mi away

2%102

Wall11.4 mi away

2%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,420

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Freehold commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

33%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freehold is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Freehold are

7,789 jobs are based in Freehold. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freehold’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Freehold

7,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Freehold residents hold

5,778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+92%

Jobs based in Freehold, 2013 → 2023: 4,065 → 7,789. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.