Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019
Company's land purchase commitments
Purchase Obligation	$ 2,726,787	$ 2,360,726
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures	364,352	366,252
Land Purchase Commitment To Unrelated Party [Member]
Company's land purchase commitments
Purchase Obligation	2,716,710	2,349,900
Land Purchase Commitment To JV [Member]
Company's land purchase commitments
Purchase Obligation	10,077	10,826
Land Parcel Purchase Commitment [Member]
Company's land purchase commitments
Deposits against Aggregate Purchase Commitments	199,907	168,778
Additional cash required to acquire land	2,526,880	2,191,948
Amount of Additional Cash Required to Acquire Land Included in Accrued Expenses	$ 14,250	$ 14,620

Additional cash required to acquire land.

No definition available.

Name:	tol_AdditionalCashRequiredToAcquireLand
Namespace Prefix:	tol_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Amount of additional cash required to acquire land included in accrued expenses.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	tol_AmountOfAdditionalCashRequiredToAcquireLandIncludedInAccruedExpenses
Namespace Prefix:	tol_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Company purchase commitments.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	tol_CompanyPurchaseCommitmentsAbstract
Namespace Prefix:	tol_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

The carrying amount of the asset transferred to a third party to serve as a deposit, which typically serves as security against failure by the transferor to perform under terms of an agreement.

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.8,17)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_DepositAssets
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Amount of investment in equity method investee and investment in and advance to affiliate.

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_PurchaseObligation
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis=tol_LandPurchaseCommitmentToUnrelatedPartyMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis=tol_LandPurchaseCommitmentToJVMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis=tol_LandParcelPurchaseCommitmentMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: