Toms River Apartments
The Township of Toms River is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. On November 7, 2006, voters approved a change of the official name of Township of Dover (or, Dover Township) to the Township of Toms River, effective November 14, 2006.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 89,706. The 2004 population estimate is 94,320, making it the seventh most populous municipality in New Jersey. The Census Bureau further estimates that as of July 2005 the Toms River area had grown to over 97,000 residents, further establishing the community as one of the fastest-growing in the state. With an average of over 2,000 new residents per year, at the conclusion of the year 2006, the population will most likely be over 100,000.
Dover Beaches North (2000 Census population of 1,785), Dover Beaches South (1,594) and Toms River CDP (86,327) are census-designated places and unincorporated areas located within Toms River Township.
Many residents of the neighboring towns of Beachwood, Pine Beach, and South Toms River believe they are part of Toms River Township. Part of the confusion is due to the Toms River Regional Schools District,which accepts students from those towns. However, Toms River Township is one town and has no other towns included in it. Ortley Beach, Normandy Beach, and Ocean Beach are considered by many residents to be towns in Toms River, but they are just neighborhoods within Toms River.
In 2006, Toms River was ranked by Morgan Quitno as the fourteenth safest “city” in the United States, of 369 cities nationwide.
Students in grades K through 12 attend the Toms River Regional Schools, a regional public school system (centered primarily in Toms River Township) which is the largest suburban school district in New Jersey, with a total student enrollment of about 19,000 students in 18 district schools. In addition to Toms River Township (14,919 students), the district incorporates the boroughs of Beachwood (2,202 students), Pine Beach (325 students) and South Toms River (830 students).
Toms River Regional Schools includes twelve elementary schools, three intermediate schools which are among the largest in the state, and three high schools, which are Toms River High School South, Toms River High School North, and Toms River High School East. In the district, there are approximately 6,200 student enrolled in high school (Grades 9-12), 4,400 students enrolled in intermediate school (Grades 6-8), and 8,500 students enrolled in elementary school (Grades K-5).
In addition, Ocean County’s only Catholic High School, Monsignor Donovan High School, is located in Toms River.
Ocean County College, a two-year college with four-year options in cooperation with other NJ colleges and universities, is also located on Hooper Avenue in Toms River.
