Beachwood vs Toms River

A side-by-side comparison of Beachwood and Toms River: population, income, housing, and more.

Beachwood and Toms River are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Toms River has the higher population (93,915 vs 11,002 in Beachwood). Beachwood has the higher median household income ($102,043 vs $95,759 in Toms River). Toms River has the higher median home value ($377,800 vs $307,500 in Beachwood).

Population, income & housing

	Beachwood	Toms River
Population	11,002	93,915
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,043	$95,759
Median home value	$307,500	$377,800
Median gross rent	$2,236	$1,678
Housing units	4,180	39,153
Homeownership rate	90.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beachwood	Toms River
Population	11,226 → 11,002 (-2.0%)	89,254 → 93,915 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$79,777 → $102,043 (+27.9%)	$79,889 → $95,759 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$231,500 → $307,500 (+32.8%)	$289,400 → $377,800 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,236 (+36.3%)	$1,410 → $1,678 (+19.0%)

Beachwood

Population

11,22611,002

Median household income

$79,777$102,043

Median home value

$231,500$307,500

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,236

Toms River

Population

89,25493,915

Median household income

$79,889$95,759

Median home value

$289,400$377,800

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beachwood	Toms River
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.6%
75 and over	6.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beachwood	Toms River
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	76.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beachwood	Toms River
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	32.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beachwood	Toms River
Drove alone	90.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.9%	12.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beachwood	Toms River
1-unit, detached	98.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Beachwood	Toms River
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.77	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1976	1978