Ocean County
Aging in Place in Toms River, From the Front Steps In
When the front steps are what has become hard in Toms River, the decision on a detached house is usually yours alone, so the question is what the construction office needs, and we answer it before anyone quotes. About 20,580 Toms River residents are 65 or older, and 78 percent of the township's homes are single-family detached.
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Tell us which part of the house has become hard and who it is for. That is usually enough for us to tell you which trade the job needs, whether the town has to see it first, and who, if anyone, might help pay.
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20,580 Toms River residents are 65 or older
The ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates put Toms River township's population at 98,143, of whom 20,580 (21.0%) are 65 or older and 8.9% are 75 or older, above New Jersey's 17.2% aged 65 and older.
Source: United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, table B01001, accessed 2026-09-22
ACS 2020-2024 5-year share of housing units that are single-unit detached, by municipality: Monroe Township 63.0%, Toms River 78.0%, Manchester Township 48.4%, Freehold Township 62.2%, Middletown 77.6%, Edison 49.3%, Old Bridge 57.2%, Bridgewater 69.6%, Parsippany-Troy Hills 51.5%, Morristown 24.7%, Wayne 67.6%, Paramus 85.3%, Ridgewood 79.0%, Fair Lawn 75.6%, Livingston 84.5%, Cranford 73.4%; New Jersey 52.6%.
Source: United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, table B25024, all New Jersey county subdivisions, accessed 2026-09-22
The ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates show 53.7% of Toms River's 46,504 housing units were built before 1980, 17.0% before 1960 and 2.6% in 1939 or earlier. The largest single building decade is 1970 to 1979, with 18.6% of units.
Source: United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, table B25034, accessed 2026-09-22
The ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates show about 4,055 of Toms River's civilian noninstitutionalized residents aged 65 and older (20.3%) report an ambulatory difficulty, serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs, and 12.4% report an independent living difficulty. The statewide figures are 19.1% and 12.7%.
Source: United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B18105 and B18107, accessed 2026-09-22
The Division of Aging Services lists the county Area Agency on Aging offices serving this site's towns as: Bergen County Division of Senior Services, One Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack, 201-336-7400; Essex County Division of Senior Services, 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Newark, 973-395-8375; Middlesex County Office of Aging and Disabled Services, 75 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, 732-745-3295; Monmouth County Division of Aging, Disabilities and Veterans Services, 3000 Kozloski Road, Freehold, 732-431-7450; Morris County Division on Aging, Disabilities and Community Programming, 340 West Hanover Avenue, Morris Township, 973-285-6848; Ocean County Office of Senior Services, 1005 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, 732-929-2091; Passaic County Department of Senior Services, Disabilities and Veterans' Affairs, 930 Riverview Drive, Totowa, 973-569-4060; Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services, 27 Warren Street, Somerville, 908-704-6346; Union County Division on Aging, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, 908-527-4870.
Source: New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services, County Offices, accessed 2026-09-22
Detached house, and the steps are the problem?
Tell us how many steps there are and which door you use most. We will say whether it is a ramp, a rebuilt stoop or a lift, and what the township needs to see.
What the Toms River construction office needs for a new ramp
A new ramp or a new stoop is not repair work under the state code. Rebuilding part of an existing stoop in the same materials is ordinary maintenance; building a new one, or replacing it outright, is minor work, which means notice to the Toms River construction office and a permit application within five business days. Neither list names a new ramp, so treat one as permit work from the start. On most Toms River lots that is the whole of it, because 82 percent of homes here are owner-occupied and most are detached, so there is no association to ask. Inside, the housing is mostly 1960s and 1970s: more than half the township's homes predate 1980, and 1970 to 1979 is the largest building decade. Have the contractor confirm the floor structure and where the drain sits before anyone promises a curbless shower, because moving that drain turns a bathroom update into a plumbing permit. For help paying, the Ocean County Office of Senior Services is on Hooper Avenue in Toms River itself, and it runs the screening for JACC and the caregiver programs.
Ramps, bathrooms, lifts and doorways across Toms River
Accessible Bathrooms and Walk-In Showers
A bathroom you, or a parent, can use without climbing over a tub wall, planned so the right contractor is on the job from the start, including a licensed plumber if the drain has to move.
Accessible Bathrooms in Toms River →Stairlifts, Platform Lifts and Home Elevators
Get up the stairs, or up the steps to the front door, without being carried, with an installer who matches the device and a plan prepared for New Jersey's elevator review in your town.
Stairlifts and Home Lifts in Toms River →Wheelchair Ramps and Step-Free Entries
A way into the house with no steps, for a wheelchair, a walker or someone who can no longer manage the stoop, planned around the permit and any association rules before anyone builds.
Wheelchair Ramps in Toms River →Doorway Widening and Interior Access
Get a wheelchair or walker through the bathroom, bedroom and front doors without scraped knuckles or turning sideways, with the wall behind each opening checked before anyone quotes.
About Doorway Widening →Tell us about the steps, the tub or the stairs
One request covers all three. A person reads it and replies with the permit picture for a Toms River house.