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Newark vs Toms River

Newark, NJ compared with Toms River, NJ · 50 miles apart

Newark has 323,808 residents to Toms River’s 94,956. Newark comes out ahead on median rent. Toms River does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Newark, NJ Toms River, NJ
Population 323,808 94,956
Density (per sq mi) 13,412 2,435
Median household income $52,060 $100,137
Median home value $373,700 $403,600
Median rent $1,392 $1,731
Homeownership 24.4% 81.9%
Average commute 32.6 min 30.1 min
Median age 34.7 41.4
Bachelor's degree + 19.7% 36.4%
Poverty rate 23.4% 5.8%
Unemployment 11.6% 4.3%
Price to income 7.2×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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