Ocean Acres vs Toms River

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

Ocean Acres 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 18,689 in Ocean Acres). Ocean Acres has the higher median household income ($117,739 vs $95,759 in Toms River). Toms River has the higher median home value ($377,800 vs $359,200 in Ocean Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Acres	Toms River
Population	18,689	93,915
Median age	42.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$117,739	$95,759
Median home value	$359,200	$377,800
Median gross rent	$2,240	$1,678
Housing units	7,225	39,153
Homeownership rate	94.9%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Acres	Toms River
Population	17,333 → 18,689 (+7.8%)	89,254 → 93,915 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$88,750 → $117,739 (+32.7%)	$79,889 → $95,759 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$264,600 → $359,200 (+35.8%)	$289,400 → $377,800 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,853 → $2,240 (+20.9%)	$1,410 → $1,678 (+19.0%)

Ocean Acres

Population

17,33318,689

Median household income

$88,750$117,739

Median home value

$264,600$359,200

Median gross rent

$1,853$2,240

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)

	Ocean Acres	Toms River
Under 5	3.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.6%
75 and over	8.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Acres	Toms River
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	76.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Acres	Toms River
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Acres	Toms River
Drove alone	80.4%	76.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Acres	Toms River
1-unit, detached	94.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Acres	Toms River
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1993	1978