Photo: KForce · CC BY-SA 3.0Toms River Township has higher household incomes than 76% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Toms River Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). The poverty rate is 5.8% (New Jersey 9.7%). About one in five work in Toms River Township itself; outside it, Lakewood Township draws the most (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Toms River Township: the figures worth knowing
How Toms River Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Toms River Township’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Toms River Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In and out of Toms River Township on a workday
On a workday 30,830 residents head out to work, 8,690 work right here, and 26,859 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Toms River Township’s working residents head each day
Where Toms River Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Toms River Township’s 35,549 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toms River Township, 2013 → 2023: 35,534 → 35,549. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Toms River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Toms River Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toms River Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41,028 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Toms River Township works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Toms River Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 47,141 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Toms River Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Toms River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Out of 421 U.S. towns of 71,000 to 136,000, Toms River Township comes 106th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
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| 76 | Edison Township NJ | 109,077 | $125K | 4.7% | 6.2% | 15% | A− |
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| 100 | Woodbridge Township NJ | 104,802 | $109K | 8.4% | 4.9% | 13% | A− |
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| 104 | Costa Mesa CA | 108,881 | $112K | 9.1% | 4.7% | 13% | A− |
| 105 | Addison Township IL | 87,841 | $91K | 7.2% | 4.5% | 18% | A− |
| 106 | Toms River Township NJ | 100,899 | $100K | 5.8% | 4.3% | 22% | A− |
| 107 | Cherry Hill Township NJ | 79,965 | $122K | 7.5% | 5.8% | 13% | A− |
| 108 | Carlsbad CA | 112,260 | $143K | 6.9% | 5.5% | 22% | A− |
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| 129 | Brick Township NJ | 77,402 | $106K | 5.1% | 6.2% | 16% | B+ |
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| 421 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Toms River Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Toms River Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Brick Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Toms River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toms River Township | – | A− | B | 30 min | $99,547 |
| Manchester Township | 1% | C | C+ | 33 min | $56,885 |
| Lavallette | under 2% | A | A− | 37 min | $133,056 |
| Berkeley Township | 2% | C+ | B | 34 min | $66,008 |
| Brick Township | 5% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $106,130 |
| Island Heights | under 2% | A+ | A− | 27 min | $109,231 |
| Pine Lake Park | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| South Toms River | under 2% | B | B | 28 min | $103,503 |
| Holiday City South | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pine Lake Park and Holiday City South: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Toms River Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Toms River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Toms River Township?
$99,547 (±$4,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toms River Township?
5.8%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toms River Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toms River Township work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakewood Township (10%, 6 mi), Brick Township (5%, 6 mi), New York City (3%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Toms River Township walkable?
Toms River Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Toms River Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Toms River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toms River Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.