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Acquisitions (Detail Textuals) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |  |
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Oct. 31, 2014 luxury_homes | Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2014 home_sites communities | Jan. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Apr. 30, 2014 | Feb. 04, 2014 home_sites | Nov. 02, 2011 luxury_homes | Aug. 01, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired | $ 1,489,116,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired |  | $ 144,746,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Homes to be Delivered | 3,679 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered |  |  | 3,679 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered |  | 3,679 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered |  | 3,679 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered |  |  |  |
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes | 2,720,000,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes |  |  | 2,720,000,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes |  | 2,720,000,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes |  | 2,720,000,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes |  |  |  |
Shapell [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition | Feb. 04, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity | Shapell Industries, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement | Nov. 06, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of home sites included in acquisition |  |  |  | 4,950 tol_Numberofhomesitesincludedinacquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, number of selling communities |  |  |  | 11 tol_Businessacquisitionnumberofsellingcommunities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Homes to be Delivered |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 126 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 105,300,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt and Equity |  |  |  |  | 815,700,000 tol_ProceedsfromIssuanceofDebtandEquity / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs | 6,100,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember | 1,400,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  | 5,300,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual |  |  |  |  |  | 300,800,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual |  |  |  |  |  | 37,200,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationEarningsOrLossOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  |  |
CamWest Development LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity |  |  |  |  |  |  | CamWest Development LLC |  |  |  |  |
Number of home sites included in acquisition |  |  | 1,499 tol_Numberofhomesitesincludedinacquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_CamWestDevelopmentLLCMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, number of selling communities |  |  | 15 tol_Businessacquisitionnumberofsellingcommunities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_CamWestDevelopmentLLCMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Homes to be Delivered |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 29 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_CamWestDevelopmentLLCMember |
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,700,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_CamWestDevelopmentLLCMember |
Number of Homes Delivered |  |  | 201 tol_NumberOfHomesDelivered / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_CamWestDevelopmentLLCMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Average Price Of Homes In Backlog |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 471,000 tol_AveragePriceOfHomesInBacklog / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_CamWestDevelopmentLLCMember |
Aggregate Value of Homes Delivered |  |  | 99,700,000 tol_AggregateValueOfHomesDelivered / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_CamWestDevelopmentLLCMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,035,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Shapell [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Line of Credit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 370,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember |  |  |  |
Five year term note [Member] | Shapell [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt | $ 15,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromBankDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FiveyeartermnoteMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 485,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromBankDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FiveyeartermnoteMember |  |  |

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