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Toms River township, Ocean County, NJ

99,877 Population
40.5 square miles 2,463.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ocean County: 40.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,537 ±$4,095 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ocean County: $45,080 ±$1,260
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$99,346 ±$10,279 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ocean County: $96,430 ±$4,837
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.2% ±1.7% (5,067  ±1,660) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 9.1% † 60,096 (±1.2% / ±7,861)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.2 minutes ±1.6 (1,238,455  ±80,607) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Ocean County: 30.1 7,257,265 (±0.5 / ±161,590)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

39,253 ±2,956 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 247,985 ±3,853
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (98,240  ±106) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 659,305 (±0 / ±123)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.3% ±3.8% (1,506  ±806) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ocean County: 9.7% † 12,395 (±1.6% / ±2,090)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,347 ±3,276 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 298,735 ±92
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$457,200 ±$20,391 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ocean County: $452,900 ±$9,606
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

4% ±1.4% (3,940  ±1,399.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ocean County: 5.6% † 36,749 (±0.8% / ±5,035.4)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.6% ±2.8% (67,161  ±4,284.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 93.7% 422,577 (±2.2% / ±10,017.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.4% ±2.9% (29,402  ±2,631) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 36.2% 163,493 (±1.4% / ±6,268.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.9% ±1.9% (7,920  ±1,866) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 7.5% 49,721
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.1% ±1.5% (3,977  ±1,222) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 5.1% 25,513 (±0.5% / ±2,478)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,977 Total veterans ±1,222 3,762 Male ±1,221 215 Female ±253

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