Other Income - Net (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 2,493us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	$ 4,457us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	$ 4,677us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Income from Ancillary Businesses	10,653tol_IncomefromAncillaryBusinesses	9,912tol_IncomefromAncillaryBusinesses	6,608tol_IncomefromAncillaryBusinesses
Management fee income from unconsolidated entities	7,306us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue	2,890us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue	2,212us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue
Retained customer deposits	3,067tol_RetainedCustomerDeposits	2,534tol_RetainedCustomerDeposits	3,247tol_RetainedCustomerDeposits
Land sales, net	25,489tol_Landsalesearningsnet	4,435tol_Landsalesearningsnet	1,425tol_Landsalesearningsnet
Income recognized from settlement of litigation		13,229
Interest expense	(656)tol_InterestExpenses
Other	3,476tol_OtherMiscIncome	4,596tol_OtherMiscIncome	3,276tol_OtherMiscIncome
Total other income - net	66,192us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	52,238us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	25,921us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Revenues and expenses of non-core ancillary businesses
Revenue	100,284tol_RevenuefromAncillaryBusiness	89,182tol_RevenuefromAncillaryBusiness	67,137tol_RevenuefromAncillaryBusiness
Expense	89,631tol_ExpensesfromAncillaryBusinesses	79,270tol_ExpensesfromAncillaryBusinesses	60,529tol_ExpensesfromAncillaryBusinesses
Revenues and expenses from land sales [Abstract]
Revenue	242,931us-gaap_LandSales	29,252us-gaap_LandSales	26,342us-gaap_LandSales
Expense	217,442	24,817	24,917
Gibraltar [Member]
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items]
Gibraltar	$ 14,364	$ 10,185	$ 4,476

Expenses generated by the Company's non-core ancillary businesses.

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Other misc income earned by the Company not separately disclosed.

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The aggregate costs of real estate land sales including administrative paperwork, real estate brokerage, title, and property management operations.

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