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A township of 98,143 people in Ocean County, New Jersey
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Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, US
1768Established
95,438Population
52.9 sq miArea
43 ftElevation

Toms River is a township located on the Jersey Shore in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its mainland portion is also a census-designated place of the same name, which serves as the county seat of Ocean County. Formerly known as the Township of Dover, voters in a 2006 referendum approved a change of the official name to the Township of Toms River, adopting the name of the largest unincorporated community within the township. The township is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, and a regional commercial hub in central New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township was the state's eighth-most-populous municipality, with a population…

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ZIP code08753, 08754, 08755
Area code732, 848
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Housing in Toms River

$465K▲ 3.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Toms River home is worth about $465,000, up 3.9% in a year, 20% below the New Jersey typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market21
Sale-to-list99.8%
Sold in May103
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Safety in Toms River

B

Safety Grade B

Toms River reports less crime per resident than 58% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. New Jersey has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Toms River sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000
Toms River 1.2
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Toms River 9.7
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C+

The public schools Toms River’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 62% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictToms River Regional School DistrictSchools23

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