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Toms River vs San Marcos

Toms River, NJ compared with San Marcos, CA · 2,408 miles apart

Toms River has 94,956 residents to San Marcos’s 94,908. Toms River comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, poverty rate. San Marcos does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Toms River, NJ San Marcos, CA
Population 94,956 94,908
Density (per sq mi) 2,435 3,863
Median household income $100,137 $109,377
Median home value $403,600 $868,000
Median rent $1,731 $2,348
Homeownership 81.9% 63.7%
Average commute 30.1 min 26.5 min
Median age 41.4 36.8
Bachelor's degree + 36.4% 43.8%
Poverty rate 5.8% 9.2%
Unemployment 4.3% 4.6%
Price to income 7.9×

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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