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Upper Freehold Township is a Monmouth County farm township of about 46 square miles, with thousands of acres of preserved farmland.

County
Monmouth
Population
7,273 (2020 Census)
Land area
46.48 sq mi
Water area
0.89 sq mi

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Upper Freehold Township covers about 46 square miles at the western edge of Monmouth County, where it meets Burlington, Mercer and Ocean counties, next to the borough of Allentown. It dates to 1731, and its villages include Cream Ridge, Imlaystown, Ellisdale, Hornerstown and Walnford. Farming has been the main land use since the start, and about 6,000 acres are protected through farmland preservation.

Homes are mostly detached single-family houses on country roads, with historic farmhouses among horse farms, nurseries and fields. The Horse Park of New Jersey is here, along with Monmouth County's Historic Walnford, a restored mill village with a working gristmill, Clayton Park's woodland trails, the 2,366-acre Crosswicks Creek Park and part of the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area.

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Upper Freehold Township At A Glance

Interstate 195 runs through Upper Freehold with Exits 8 and 11, County Routes 524, 526, 537 and 539 cross the township, and the New Jersey Turnpike is close by at Exit 7A in Robbinsville. The nearest train is Hamilton station on NJ TRANSIT's Northeast Corridor Line, about 11.6 miles away. Philadelphia City Hall is about 36 miles away and Manhattan's Penn Station about 50 miles, all in a straight line. Want to know what homes in Upper Freehold Township are selling for right now? Ask Dennis Mark for a current market snapshot.

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Upper Freehold Township Real Estate September 2026

  • Median sale price, September

    $649,000

    Down 17.8% from September 2025

  • Homes sold, September

    9

    5 in September 2025

  • Median sale price, 2026 so far

    $791,000

    44 homes have sold this year, with the median down 12.8% from last year

  • Homes for sale in September

    29

    16 in September 2025

  • Median days on market

    16 days

    For homes sold in September

  • Months of supply

    6.1 months

    How long the homes for sale would last at the current pace of sales

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Source: MOMLS (Monmouth Ocean Multiple Listing Service), Market Summary, Residential, September 2026, pulled October 5, 2026. Residential sales reported to the MLS; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. These are MLS figures, not Dennis Mark’s own. For what your home could sell for today, ask for a home value.

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Upper Freehold Township Q&A

Straight answers to common questions about Upper Freehold Township, each with its source. Checked September 2026.

What county is Upper Freehold Township in?

Upper Freehold Township is in Monmouth County, New Jersey, at the county's western edge, where it meets Burlington, Mercer and Ocean counties. Source: Wikipedia, Upper Freehold Township.

What is the ZIP code for Upper Freehold Township?

The township uses more than one ZIP code, including 08501 (Allentown) and 08514 (Cream Ridge). The municipal offices are at 314 Route 539, Cream Ridge, NJ 08514. Sources: Wikipedia, Upper Freehold Township and Upper Freehold Township.

Is Allentown part of Upper Freehold Township?

No. Allentown is a separate borough that borders Upper Freehold. It was formed from part of the township in 1889, and the two share the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Source: Wikipedia, Upper Freehold Township.

What is the population of Upper Freehold Township?

7,273 people at the 2020 Census. The Census Bureau estimates 7,251 for July 1, 2025. Sources: Wikipedia, Upper Freehold Township and U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025.

How big is Upper Freehold Township?

About 46.48 square miles of land and 0.89 square miles of water. Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Gazetteer.

What villages are in Upper Freehold Township?

Place names in the township include Cream Ridge, Imlaystown, Ellisdale, Hornerstown, Walnford, Red Valley, Sharon, Coxs Corner, Emleys Hill, Arneytown, New Canton, Prospertown and Wrightsville, among others. Source: Wikipedia, Upper Freehold Township.

How old is Upper Freehold Township?

It dates to 1731, when it was formed from part of Freehold Township, and it was incorporated as a township on February 21, 1798. Millstone Township and Jackson Township (both 1844) and Allentown (1889) were later formed from parts of it. The name comes from Freehold, an English legal term for owning land outright. Source: Wikipedia, Upper Freehold Township.

Is Upper Freehold farmland preserved?

Yes, a great deal of it. Farming has been the main land use since the township began, and about 6,000 acres are protected through farmland preservation. Upper Freehold voters were the first in the county to dedicate part of the property tax to farmland preservation, raised by a 2001 referendum to four cents per $100 of assessed value, shared with recreation land. Source: Wikipedia, Upper Freehold Township.

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