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South Toms River borough, Ocean County, NJ

3,662 Population
1.2 square miles 3,163.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ocean County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$31,800 ±$2,836 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ocean County: $42,497 ±$837
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$96,688 ±$4,898 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $82,379 ±$1,455
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

8.4% ±5.8% (307  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 10.5% 66,258 (±0.8% / ±5,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

27.1 minutes ±3.1 (46,545  ±7,866) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ocean County: 30.8 7,474,940 (±0.4 / ±137,998)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

1,098 ±80 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 239,466 ±1,450
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
3.3 ±0.2 (3,662  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 2.6 631,890 (±0 / ±130)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

5.6% ±4% (54  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ocean County: 8% 9,702 (±0.7% / ±815)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

1,153 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 293,899 ±110
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$248,900 ±$18,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ocean County: $343,500 ±$3,096
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

9.7% ±5.6% (346  ±,199.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 9.2% 57,874 (±0.5% / ±3,120.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

89.4% ±7.9% (2,014  ±223) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ocean County: 93.2% 404,729 (±1.1% / ±4,790.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
15.5% ±4.1% (350  ±96) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Ocean County: 32.9% 143,133 (±0.7% / ±2,874.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.4% ±6.9% (453  ±253) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ocean County: 7.8% 49,602
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

6.9% ±2.9% (177  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 6.7% 32,332 (±0.2% / ±1,098)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
177 Total veterans ±76 177 Male ±76 N/A Female ±14

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