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Toms River, NJ

96,868 Population
39 square miles 2,484.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$46,386 ±$4,061 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$98,384 ±$10,858 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

5.2% ±1.7% (4,933  ±1,655) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

30.1 minutes ±1.6 (1,203,360  ±79,645) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

37,508 ±2,688 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
2.5 ±0.2 (95,231  ±932) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

7.3% ±3.9% (1,506  ±806) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

41,095 ±2,873 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$447,500 ±$20,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

4.1% ±1.5% (3,879  ±1,396.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

94.4% ±3.6% (64,311  ±4,235.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
41% ±3.1% (27,892  ±2,601.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)

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

8.1% ±1.9% (7,854  ±1,866) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

5% ±1.6% (3,783  ±1,200) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
3,783 Total veterans ±1,200 3,568 Male ±1,198 215 Female ±253

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