Toms River

Toms River is one of the most diverse cities in the region. You can experience river boat dining, concerts in a riverfront park, entertaining street festivals, outstanding traditional dining, a variety of shopping experiences, a great offering of media and activities at the award-winning Ocean County Library, local museums and galleries, beaches, fishing, wooded parks, good schools and much more.

Toms River is also the county seat of Ocean County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 91,239 with the township ranking as the 8th-most-populous municipality in the state in 2010 and the second most-populous municipality in Ocean County.

While most of Toms River is on the mainland, Dover Beaches North and South are situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Dover Beaches South adjoins the independent municipalities of Lavallette to the north and Seaside Heights to the north. Toms River is 70 miles south of Manhattan and 55 miles east of Philadelphia