What is the population of Old Tappan borough?

Old Tappan borough has 5,896 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #264 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Old Tappan borough?

Median household income in Old Tappan borough is $199,250 a year, 153.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Old Tappan borough?

Median gross rent is $3,241 a month and the median home value is $910,600, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.

Is Old Tappan borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Old Tappan borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Old Tappan, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Old Tappan, New Jersey (Old Tappan, NJ — Census place “Old Tappan borough”) is 5,896 residents, ranking #264 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $199,250, the median home is worth $910,600 and median gross rent runs $3,241 a month. Looking for the Old Tappan New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Old Tappan, NJ: 07675.

Population: 5,896Old Tappan borough residents
Median household income: $199,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $910,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $3,241Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 89.8%Owner-occupied households

Old Tappan ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Old Tappan.

The Old Tappan NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

07675

What the numbers mean in Old Tappan borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Old Tappan borough median would spend about 19.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.4% of residents and 89.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Old Tappan borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Old Tappan borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 5,896 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #264 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 62% of them. The median age here is 44.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Old Tappan borough earn a median of $199,250 a year, 153.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 86% above the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 2.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Old Tappan borough is valued at $910,600, 200.1% above the national figure and 121% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $3,241 a month, 130.5% above the national figure, or roughly $38,892 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 89.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Old Tappan borough?: Old Tappan borough has 5,896 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #264 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Old Tappan borough?: Median household income in Old Tappan borough is $199,250 a year, 153.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Old Tappan borough?: Median gross rent is $3,241 a month and the median home value is $910,600, so rent absorbs about 19.5% of median household income.
Is Old Tappan borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Old Tappan borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Old Tappan borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.