Other Income - Net (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 698us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	$ 825us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	$ 1,186us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	$ 1,889us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Income from Ancillary Businesses	2,886tol_IncomefromAncillaryBusinesses	2,337tol_IncomefromAncillaryBusinesses	13,725tol_IncomefromAncillaryBusinesses	3,950tol_IncomefromAncillaryBusinesses
Management fee income from unconsolidated entities	3,411us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue	1,227us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue	6,390us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue	2,454us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue
Retained customer deposits	972tol_RetainedCustomerDeposits	422tol_RetainedCustomerDeposits	2,312tol_RetainedCustomerDeposits	1,310tol_RetainedCustomerDeposits
Income from land sales	2,533tol_Landsalesearningsnet	4,929tol_Landsalesearningsnet	7,350tol_Landsalesearningsnet	11,187tol_Landsalesearningsnet
Directly expensed interest		(656)tol_InterestExpenses		(656)tol_InterestExpenses
Other	222tol_OtherMiscIncome	635tol_OtherMiscIncome	953tol_OtherMiscIncome	1,794tol_OtherMiscIncome
Total other income - net	13,919us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	11,101us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	35,935us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	27,642us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Revenues and expenses of non-core ancillary businesses
Revenue	24,947tol_RevenuefromAncillaryBusiness	22,808tol_RevenuefromAncillaryBusiness	56,227tol_RevenuefromAncillaryBusiness	43,748tol_RevenuefromAncillaryBusiness
Expense	22,061tol_ExpensesfromAncillaryBusinesses	20,471tol_ExpensesfromAncillaryBusinesses	42,502tol_ExpensesfromAncillaryBusinesses	39,798tol_ExpensesfromAncillaryBusinesses
Revenues and expenses from land sales [Abstract]
Revenue	22,725us-gaap_LandSales	87,124us-gaap_LandSales	126,746us-gaap_LandSales	98,152us-gaap_LandSales
Deferred gain on land sale to joint venture
Expense	(20,192)	(82,195)	(110,136)	(86,965)
Income from land sales	2,533tol_Landsalesearningsnet	4,929tol_Landsalesearningsnet	7,350tol_Landsalesearningsnet	11,187tol_Landsalesearningsnet
Gibraltar [Member]
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Gibraltar	3,197	1,382	4,019	5,714
Home Building Joint Venture Metro New York Three [Member]
Revenues and expenses from land sales [Abstract]
Revenue			78,500
Deferred gain on land sale to joint venture			$ (9,260)

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