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Toms River township, Ocean County, NJ

99,090 Population
40.5 square miles 2,444 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ocean County: 41.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$48,395 ±$3,549 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $42,910 ±$1,494
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$92,602 ±$14,053 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $85,464 ±$3,341
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

7.3% ±2.4% (7,155  ±2,306) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ocean County: 10.3% † 66,941 (±1.4% / ±9,209)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

30.5 minutes ±0.9 (1,223,940  ±56,546) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Ocean County: 30.7 7,388,065 (±0.5 / ±151,276)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

38,701 ±2,133 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 245,827 ±3,731
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.5 ±0.1 (97,611  ±83) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 652,226 (±0 / ±122)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

4.5% ±2.2% (828  ±413) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 7.3% † 9,093 (±1.4% / ±1,694)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

48,157 ±2,570 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 296,757 ±67
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$426,200 ±$25,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ocean County: $408,000 ±$10,004
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

5.6% ±1.7% (5,465  ±1,653) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ocean County: 7.7% † 50,391 (±1% / ±6,609.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

93.1% ±4.8% (65,791  ±4,220.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 93.5% 417,033 (±2.3% / ±10,287)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
35.8% ±3.3% (25,320  ±2,533.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 34.3% 152,893 (±1.4% / ±6,030.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

12.3% ±2.4% (12,207  ±2,393) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ocean County: 8.5% 56,104
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

6.2% ±1.6% (4,766  ±1,234) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 6% 29,625 (±0.6% / ±2,712)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
4,766 Total veterans ±1,234 4,407 Male ±1,193 359 Female ±263

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