Leisure Village East vs South Toms River

A side-by-side comparison of Leisure Village East and South Toms River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leisure Village East has the higher population (4,309 vs 3,701 in South Toms River). South Toms River has the higher median household income ($101,466 vs $47,231 in Leisure Village East). South Toms River has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $211,600 in Leisure Village East).

Population, income & housing

	Leisure Village East	South Toms River
Population	4,309	3,701
Median age	74.1 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,231	$101,466
Median home value	$211,600	$269,200
Median gross rent	$1,237	$2,019
Housing units	3,316	1,112
Homeownership rate	88.2%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leisure Village East	South Toms River
Population	3,687 → 4,309 (+16.9%)	3,648 → 3,701 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$42,074 → $47,231 (+12.3%)	$82,994 → $101,466 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$181,400 → $211,600 (+16.6%)	$185,900 → $269,200 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,237 (+13.4%)	$1,778 → $2,019 (+13.6%)

Leisure Village East

Population

3,6874,309

Median household income

$42,074$47,231

Median home value

$181,400$211,600

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,237

South Toms River

Population

3,6483,701

Median household income

$82,994$101,466

Median home value

$185,900$269,200

Median gross rent

$1,778$2,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leisure Village East	South Toms River
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	2.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	0.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	3.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	28.3%	4.6%
75 and over	48.3%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leisure Village East	South Toms River
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	40.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	41.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leisure Village East	South Toms River
No high school diploma	9.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	49.8%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leisure Village East	South Toms River
Drove alone	91.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.2%
Other means	5.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leisure Village East	South Toms River
1-unit, detached	37.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	53.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leisure Village East	South Toms River
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.3%
Average household size	1.48	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1985	1966