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(Urban population: 86,452, Rural population: 0)

Toms River, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 34,388 (31,702 occupied: 26,527 owner occupied, 5,175 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	16%
State:	34%

Housing density: 873 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $420,316.

Median contract rent in 2007: $960 (lower quartile is $752, upper quartile is $1,219)

Housing units in Toms River with a mortgage: 17,370 (1,863 second mortgage, 3,176 home equity loan, 130 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,356

Toms River,NJ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $339,100 (it was $146,300 in 2000)

Toms River:	$339,100
New Jersey:	$372,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $247,500 - $439,300

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $397,186
Here: $397,186
State: $452,919

Townhouses or other attached units: $280,555
Here: $280,555
State: $310,364

In 2-unit structures: $450,000
Here: $450,000
State: $429,538

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $332,824
Here: $332,824
State: $371,779

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $270,079
Here: $270,079
State: $309,003

Mobile homes: $31,956
Here: $31,956
State: $53,584

Median year house/condo built: 1976

Median year apartment built: 1969

Household type by relationship

Households: 84,515

In family households: 74,862 (18,471 male householders, 5,185 female householders)
19,092 spouses, 27,127 children (25,377 natural, 657 adopted, 1,093 stepchildren), 1,154 grandchildren, 628 brothers or sisters, 752 parents, 1,132 other relatives, 1,321 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 9,653 (3,182 male householders (2,422 living alone)), 4,955 female householders (4,427 living alone)), 1,516 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,937 (1,761 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,687 2-persons, 5,309 3-persons, 5,079 4-persons, 2,516 5-persons, 879 6-persons, 186 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,849 1-person, 1,152 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 5 6-persons.

15,502 married couples with children.
3,434 single-parent households (761 men, 2,673 women).

89.3% of residents of Toms River speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 6,125 (7.1%)
(63.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Toms River, New Jersey:
	1 room: 17 2 rooms: 84 3 rooms: 359 4 rooms: 2,242 5 rooms: 4,487 6 rooms: 5,947 7 rooms: 5,292 8 rooms: 4,339 9 or more rooms: 3,760

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Toms River, New Jersey:
	1 room: 73 2 rooms: 164 3 rooms: 928 4 rooms: 1,593 5 rooms: 1,163 6 rooms: 666 7 rooms: 292 8 rooms: 200 9 or more rooms: 96

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 669
1995 to 1998: 3,000
1990 to 1994: 2,544
1980 to 1989: 6,311
1970 to 1979: 8,100
1960 to 1969: 7,550
1950 to 1959: 3,881
1940 to 1949: 1,181
1939 or earlier: 1,152

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Toms River:
	no bedroom: 48 1 bedroom: 495 2 bedrooms: 6,942 3 bedrooms: 10,523 4 bedrooms: 7,309 5 or more bedrooms: 1,210

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Toms River:
	no bedroom: 73 1 bedroom: 1,469 2 bedrooms: 2,238 3 bedrooms: 1,033 4 bedrooms: 320 5 or more bedrooms: 42

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Toms River in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,183 1 vehicle: 7,682 2 vehicles: 11,530 3 vehicles: 4,440 4 vehicles: 1,258 5 or more vehicles: 434

Cars and other vehicles available in Toms River in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 763 1 vehicle: 2,488 2 vehicles: 1,496 3 vehicles: 361 4 vehicles: 28 5 or more vehicles: 39

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Toms River, NJ:

Less than $10,000: 23
$10,000 to $14,999: 11
$15,000 to $19,999: 11
$20,000 to $24,999: 26
$25,000 to $29,999: 53
$30,000 to $34,999: 52
$35,000 to $39,999: 40
$40,000 to $49,999: 96
$50,000 to $59,999: 116
$60,000 to $69,999: 88
$70,000 to $79,999: 100
$80,000 to $89,999: 73
$90,000 to $99,999: 100
$100,000 to $124,999: 317
$125,000 to $149,999: 455
$150,000 to $174,999: 642
$175,000 to $199,999: 950
$200,000 to $249,999: 2670
$250,000 to $299,999: 3432
$300,000 to $399,999: 8423
$400,000 to $499,999: 3600
$500,000 to $749,999: 2955
$750,000 to $999,999: 772
$1,000,000 or more: 489

Toms River rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Toms River:

Less than $100: 60 people
$100 to $149: 39
$150 to $199: 75
$200 to $249: 32
$250 to $299: 48
$300 to $349: 84
$350 to $399: 70
$400 to $449: 90
$450 to $499: 89
$500 to $549: 37
$550 to $599: 110
$600 to $649: 108
$650 to $699: 87
$700 to $749: 132
$750 to $799: 136
$800 to $899: 723
$900 to $999: 909
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,422
$1,250 to $1,499: 467
$1,500 to $1,999: 305
$2,000 or more: 36
No cash rent: 276

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 850 1990 to 1994: 957 1985 to 1989: 631 1980 to 1984: 551 1975 to 1979: 282 1970 to 1974: 534 1970 to 1974: 444 1965 to 1969: 1,876

Toms River, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 66.4%
Number of people working at home: 1,056 (2.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1084
5 to 9 minutes: 3868
10 to 14 minutes: 6618
15 to 19 minutes: 5711
20 to 24 minutes: 4352
25 to 29 minutes: 1775
30 to 34 minutes: 3408
35 to 39 minutes: 907
40 to 44 minutes: 1091
45 to 59 minutes: 2727
60 to 89 minutes: 4160
90 or more minutes: 2547

Toms River mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 33,363 (85%)
Carpooled: 3,595 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 533 (1%)
Railroad: 100 (0%)
Ferryboat: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 35 (0%)
Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
Bicycle: 136 (0%)
Walked: 369 (1%)
Other means: 99 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,056 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1727
$10,000 to $14,999: 1486
$15,000 to $19,999: 1545
$20,000 to $24,999: 1591
$25,000 to $29,999: 1348
$30,000 to $34,999: 1583
$35,000 to $39,999: 1732
$40,000 to $44,999: 1653
$45,000 to $49,999: 1402
$50,000 to $59,999: 3095
$60,000 to $74,999: 4207
$75,000 to $99,999: 4684
$100,000 to $124,999: 2588
$125,000 to $149,999: 1323
$150,000 to $199,999: 1041
$200,000 or more: 788

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 23105

Irish: 13956

German: 9311

Other groups: 7763

Polish: 4747

English: 3684

United States or American: 2521

Hungarian: 1076

Scottish: 1069

Scotch-Irish: 979

Russian: 908

Dutch: 778

Greek: 664

French (except Basque): 645

Ukrainian: 631

Norwegian: 474

Swedish: 430

Portuguese: 376

European: 368

Lithuanian: 348

French Canadian: 293

Slovak: 261

Danish: 230

Czech: 226

Welsh: 194

Austrian: 188

Arab:: 183

Czechoslovakian: 174

British: 141

Swiss: 116

Subsaharan African:: 115

Serbian: 85

African: 71

Turkish: 69

Lebanese: 64

Syrian: 63

Croatian: 62

Yugoslavian: 62

Belgian: 59

Iranian: 59

Latvian: 53

Eastern European: 52

Canadian: 52

Armenian: 51

Brazilian: 47

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 45

Slavic: 41

Romanian: 33

Albanian: 32

Scandinavian: 32

South African: 28

Jamaican: 27

Finnish: 24

Pennsylvania German: 20

Egyptian: 16

Iraqi: 16

Kenyan: 16

Arab/Arabic: 14

Bulgarian: 13

Estonian: 12

Other Arab: 10

Slovene: 9

Cypriot: 9

Basque: 9

Australian: 8

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8

Haitian: 5

West Indian: 5

Carpatho Rusyn: 4

Celtic: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Philippines (10%)
Italy (10%)
Mexico (7%)
India (7%)
Germany (6%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Colombia (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 59676
Northeast: 15016
Midwest: 1521
South: 2389
West: 833

62% of Toms River residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 100
Nursery to 4th grade: 49
5th and 6th grade: 194
7th and 8th grade: 389
9th grade: 451
10th grade: 704
11th grade: 794
12th grade, no diploma: 1,009
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,790
Less than 1 year of college: 2,132
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,217
Associate degree: 1,350
Bachelor's degree: 4,702
Master's degree: 1,674
Professional school degree: 924
Doctorate degree: 155

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 119
Nursery to 4th grade: 84
5th and 6th grade: 220
7th and 8th grade: 798
9th grade: 603
10th grade: 748
11th grade: 717
12th grade, no diploma: 1,184
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,052
Less than 1 year of college: 2,740
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,824
Associate degree: 2,176
Bachelor's degree: 4,633
Master's degree: 1,571
Professional school degree: 415
Doctorate degree: 26

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 19.2%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 2.7%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.4%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.8%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $63,503
Black householders: $52,863
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $20,452
Asian householders: $148,918
Some other race householders: $108,785
Two or more races householders: $108,891
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $77,535

Toms River household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Toms River household income for Asian householders

Toms River household income for Some other race householders

Toms River household income for Two or more races householders

Toms River household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Toms River marital status for males

Toms River marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $344,431
Black or African American householders: $331,451
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $295,061
Asian householders: $394,496
Some other race householders: $357,642
Two or more races householders: $315,921
Hispanic or Latino householders: $355,093

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 28,042
One, attached: 1,870
Two: 311
3 or 4: 302
5 to 9: 901
10 to 19: 1,017
20 to 49: 370
50 or more: 470
Mobile homes: 1,105

Median worth of mobile homes: $47,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Toms River:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (82%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%) Electricity (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (68%) Electricity (18%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%) Other fuel (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 584

Here:	6.0%
New Jersey:	13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 312

Here:	5.9%
New Jersey:	13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 712

Here:	22.8%
New Jersey:	30.1%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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