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The median home value in Toms River, NJ is $467,110 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.77% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$467,110
Year-over-Year
+3.77%
Population
102,734
Toms River ranks #145 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 24.5% below the state's city median of $618,410. It sits in Ocean County, where the county-wide median is $552,498.
Median household income in Toms River is $100,137, so the typical home value is about 4.7× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Toms River police recorded a violent crime rate of 134 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,120 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Toms River, that value is $467,110. That's up 3.77% from a year earlier. It is about 24.5% below the typical New Jersey city tracked here.
Homes in Toms River are cheaper than Ocean County as a whole, where the median is $552,498 — a difference of about 15.5%.
Median household income here is $100,137, so the typical home value is about 4.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Toms River police reported 134 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 102,734. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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