Leisure Village West vs South Toms River

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

Leisure Village West 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 West has the higher population (4,070 vs 3,701 in South Toms River). South Toms River has the higher median household income ($101,466 vs $60,309 in Leisure Village West). South Toms River has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $203,700 in Leisure Village West).

Population, income & housing

	Leisure Village West	South Toms River
Population	4,070	3,701
Median age	71.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,309	$101,466
Median home value	$203,700	$269,200
Median gross rent	$1,381	$2,019
Housing units	3,069	1,112
Homeownership rate	87.9%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leisure Village West	South Toms River
Population	3,412 → 4,070 (+19.3%)	3,648 → 3,701 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $60,309 (+38.2%)	$82,994 → $101,466 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $203,700 (+47.1%)	$185,900 → $269,200 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,381 (+22.2%)	$1,778 → $2,019 (+13.6%)

Leisure Village West

Population

3,4124,070

Median household income

$43,636$60,309

Median home value

$138,500$203,700

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,381

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 West	South Toms River
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	0.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	0.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	2.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	2.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	31.1%	4.6%
75 and over	37.9%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leisure Village West	South Toms River
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	40.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	41.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leisure Village West	South Toms River
No high school diploma	4.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	40.5%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leisure Village West	South Toms River
Drove alone	71.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	10.1%	4.2%
Other means	14.1%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leisure Village West	South Toms River
1-unit, detached	6.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	69.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leisure Village West	South Toms River
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.3%
Average household size	1.49	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1978	1966