West Freehold is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,534 people and three constituent neighborhoods, West Freehold is the 166th largest community in New Jersey.

West Freehold is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.38% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, West Freehold is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Freehold who work in sales jobs (18.66%), office and administrative support jobs (16.84%), and management occupations (13.47%).

Also of interest is that West Freehold has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, West Freehold is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making West Freehold a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, West Freehold has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, West Freehold's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In West Freehold, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.71 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

West Freehold is a relatively small town, but even so, a fairly large number of people use the bus to get to and from work. Many of these people travel out of town to the central city in the region.

West Freehold Information and Demographics

The citizens of West Freehold are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.29% of adults in West Freehold have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in West Freehold in 2000 was $33,218, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,872 for a family of four. However, West Freehold contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call West Freehold home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in West Freehold is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in West Freehold include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, Russian, and English.

The most common language spoken in West Freehold is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.