† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupToms RiverNew JerseyUnited States
Italian18.7%13.7%4.8%
Irish16.5%12.1%9.4%
German11.6%8.6%12.5%
American7.2%3.3%5.3%
Polish6.8%4.6%2.2%
English6.0%4.9%9.5%
Hungarian1.5%——
Russian1.3%1.3%—
Puerto Rican4.2%5.1%1.8%
Mexican2.7%2.6%11.3%
Dominican1.0%4.0%0.7%
Colombian0.7%1.7%0.4%
Cuban0.5%0.9%0.7%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Ecuadorian0.5%1.7%—
Peruvian0.5%0.8%—
African American†3.9%8.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.4%0.8%0.4%
Filipino1.7%1.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.6%4.6%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.6%1.3%
Korean0.4%1.1%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Toms River
New Jersey
United States
Median age
41.4
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.1%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Toms River
New Jersey
United States
Median household income
$100,137
$103,556
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.8%
9.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.4%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Toms River
New Jersey
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.4%
33.2%
22.3%
Spanish
7.2%
17.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.3%
5.6%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.3%
0.9%
0.6%
Other languages
1.0%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Toms River
New Jersey
United States
Catholic
—
32.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Toms River, New Jersey
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−18.9%
2008
−16.2%
2012
−14.0%
2016
−31.9%
2020
−23.7%
2024
−32.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
33.0%Harris16,056
65.3%Trump31,738
1.6%
R+32.3
R+8.6
R+30.8
48,586
R
37.8%Biden19,589
61.5%Trump31,889
0.8%
R+23.7
D+8.2
R+28.2
51,888
R
32.6%Clinton14,040
64.4%Trump27,781
3.0%
R+31.9
R+17.8
R+34.0
43,124
R
42.4%Obama16,155
56.4%Romney21,504
1.2%
R+14.0
D+2.2
R+17.9
38,125
R
41.2%Obama17,859
57.4%McCain24,894
1.5%
R+16.2
D+2.7
R+23.5
43,389
R
39.9%Kerry16,173
58.8%Bush23,839
1.3%
R+18.9
—
R+16.5
40,542
Toms River is New Jersey's largest CDP and Ocean County's commercial center, a fast-growing Shore-adjacent community where an aging but expanding population has driven consistent Republican margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.3 points.
A population of 94,956, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,137 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ocean Acres and Lindenhurst.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Toms River, New Jersey voted Republican by 32.3 points (R+32.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 48,586 votes cast, 16,056 went Democratic and 31,738 went Republican.
How many people live in Toms River, New Jersey?
Toms River, New Jersey has a population of 94,956 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Toms River, New Jersey?
Median household income in Toms River, New Jersey is $100,137 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Toms River, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Toms River, New Jersey from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
