Work & commute · Upper Freehold

Work & commute in Upper Freehold, NJ

Most working residents leave Upper Freehold for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (10%), Hamilton (7%) and Allentown (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 3,335 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,155 Upper Freehold residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 1,326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Freehold.

3,155live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

1,326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Freehold goes to work

New York, NY46.9 mi away

10%332

Hamilton8.5 mi away

7%225

Upper Freehold (in town)right here

5%180

Allentown3.6 mi away

3%101

Robbinsville6 mi away

3%85

Lawrence14.1 mi away

2%75

Jersey City45.6 mi away

2%63

West Windsor10.8 mi away

2%63

Princeton15.9 mi away

2%59

Freehold13.1 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%2,097

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

How far

How far Upper Freehold commutes

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

22%

33%

36%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Freehold is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Freehold are

1,506 jobs are based in Upper Freehold. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Freehold’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Freehold

1,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Upper Freehold residents hold

3,335 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−12%

Jobs based in Upper Freehold, 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.

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.