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Toms River, NJ

95,515 Population
39 square miles 2,449.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$47,364 ±$3,669 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,000 ±$361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$90,593 ±$15,214 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $95,220 ±$777
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

7.4% ±2.5% (6,993  ±2,309) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.8% 2,446,378 (±0.3% / ±48,131)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

30.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,186,380  ±56,520) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

36,998 ±2,160 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,490,498 ±17,819
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.5 ±0.2 (94,036  ±1,514) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,090,424 (±0 / ±10,760)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

4.6% ±2.2% (828  ±413) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 5% 227,692 (±0.2% / ±10,459)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

41,651 ±2,529 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,083,521 ±4,695
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$414,000 ±$25,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $610,200 ±$2,813
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

5.7% ±1.7% (5,346  ±1,645.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.8% 1,694,408 (±0.2% / ±35,860.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

92.9% ±4.8% (62,911  ±4,209.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.9% 12,150,424 (±0.4% / ±59,520.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
34.7% ±3.4% (23,459  ±2,518.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.6% 6,167,831 (±0.3% / ±41,249.5)
  • 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

12.7% ±2.5% (12,154  ±2,397) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.5% 5,938,058
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

6% ±1.6% (4,453  ±1,193) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.5% 390,581 (±0.1% / ±9,777)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
4,453 Total veterans ±1,193 4,094 Male ±1,147 359 Female ±263

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