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Supplemental Disclosure to Statements of Cash Flows (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2013
Oct. 31, 2012
Cash flow information:      
Interest paid, net of amount capitalized $ 10,131us-gaap_InterestPaidNet $ 18,187us-gaap_InterestPaidNet $ 1,223us-gaap_InterestPaidNet
Income tax payment 71,608us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid 3,130us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid 4,264us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
Income tax refunds 8us-gaap_ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds 1,190us-gaap_ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds   
Non-cash activity:      
Cost of inventory acquired through seller financing or municipal bonds, net 96,497tol_CostOfInventoryAcquiredThroughSellerFinancingOrRecordedDueToVieCriteria 45,726tol_CostOfInventoryAcquiredThroughSellerFinancingOrRecordedDueToVieCriteria 26,059tol_CostOfInventoryAcquiredThroughSellerFinancingOrRecordedDueToVieCriteria
Financed portion of land sale 6,586tol_FinancedPortionOfLandSale 7,200tol_FinancedPortionOfLandSale   
Reduction in inventory for Company's share of earnings in land purchased from unconsolidated entities 4,177tol_ReductionInInventoryShareOfEquityEarningsLandPurchaseFromJv 3,035tol_ReductionInInventoryShareOfEquityEarningsLandPurchaseFromJv   
Transfer of investment in REO to inventory    764us-gaap_TransferOfOtherRealEstate   
Reclassification of deferred income from inventory to accrued liabilities    4,545tol_Deferredincomerelcassedfrominventorytoaccruedliabilitiesnoncash   
Miscellaneous (decreases) increases to inventory       (478)tol_CostOfOtherInventoryAcquired
Reclassification of inventory to property, construction and office equipment 9,482tol_ReclassificationOfInventoryToPropertyConstructionAndOfficeEquipment 5,576tol_ReclassificationOfInventoryToPropertyConstructionAndOfficeEquipment   
Increase (decrease) in unrecognized losses in defined benefit plans 1,183us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligationPeriodIncreaseDecrease (3,636)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligationPeriodIncreaseDecrease 3,108us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligationPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Defined benefit retirement plan amendment 511us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanPlanAmendments 826us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanPlanAmendments 575us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanPlanAmendments
Income tax benefit related to exercise of employee stock options 7,281us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 24,417us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions 3,885us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions
Increase in accrued expenses related to Stock Price-Based RSUs paid 5,086tol_NonCashIncreaseInAccruedExpensesRelatedToRsuPayOut 2,942tol_NonCashIncreaseInAccruedExpensesRelatedToRsuPayOut   
Income tax (expense) benefit recognized in total comprehensive income 202us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax (1,512)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax 1,263us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax
(Increase) reduction of investments in unconsolidated entities due to increase/reduction in letters of credit or accrued liabilities       448tol_ReductionOfInvestmentsInUnconsolidatedEntitiesDueToReductionInLettersOfCreditOrAccruedLiabilities
Transfer of Inventory to Investment in Non-Performing Loan Portfolios and Foreclosed Real Estate       (802)tol_TransferOfInventoryToInvestmentInNonPerformingLoanPortfoliosAndForeclosedRealEstate
Transfer of inventory to investment in unconsolidated entities 4,152us-gaap_ContributionOfProperty 54,761us-gaap_ContributionOfProperty 5,793us-gaap_ContributionOfProperty
Non cash transfer of investment in unconsolidated investments to inventory 2,704tol_Noncashtransferofinvestmentinunconsolidatedinvestmentstoinventory     
Reclassification of deferred income from investment in unconsolidated entities to accrued liabilities       2,943tol_ReclassificationDeferredIncomeFromInvestmentToAccruedLiabilities
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative held by equity investee 364tol_IncreaseDecreaseInInvestmentInUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryDuetoUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives 435tol_IncreaseDecreaseInInvestmentInUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryDuetoUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives (875)tol_IncreaseDecreaseInInvestmentInUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryDuetoUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives
Increase in investments in unconsolidated entities for change in the fair value of debt guarantees 1,356tol_ChangeInFairValueOfDebtGuarantees 1,582tol_ChangeInFairValueOfDebtGuarantees   
Miscellaneous (decreases) increases to investments in unconsolidated entities 249tol_MiscellaneousIncreasesToInvestmentsInUnconsolidatedEntities (1,811)tol_MiscellaneousIncreasesToInvestmentsInUnconsolidatedEntities (276)tol_MiscellaneousIncreasesToInvestmentsInUnconsolidatedEntities
Acquisition of a Business:      
Business Combination, Assets Acquired Net Of Cash Acquired 1,524,964tol_BusinessCombinationAssetsAcquiredNetOfCashAcquired    149,959tol_BusinessCombinationAssetsAcquiredNetOfCashAcquired
Fair Value of Liabilities Assumed Business Combination 35,848tol_FairValueOfLiabilitiesAssumedBusinessCombination    5,213tol_FairValueOfLiabilitiesAssumedBusinessCombination
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired $ 1,489,116us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired    $ 144,746us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired