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Old Tappan borough, Bergen County, NJ

5,896 Population
3.3 square miles 1,778.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Bergen County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$80,449 ±$9,795 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bergen County: $62,986 ±$788
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$199,250 ±$28,709 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Bergen County: $123,715 ±$2,159
  • about double the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.4% ±1.8% (143  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Bergen County: 6.7% 63,408 (±0.3% / ±2,997)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

32.7 minutes ±4 (70,375  ±12,493) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Bergen County: 31.4 12,727,115 (±0.3 / ±186,932)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,935 ±97 Number of households
  • Bergen County: 353,307 ±1,254
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
3.1 ±0.2 (5,896  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 944,137 (±0 / ±255)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

2.6% ±3.6% (28  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Bergen County: 5% 10,706 (±0.4% / ±763)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

2,027 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Bergen County: 368,535 ±162
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$910,600 ±$63,078 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Bergen County: $593,200 ±$4,951
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

12.9% ±6.3% (754  ±370.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bergen County: 9.1% 85,839 (±0.4% / ±3,519.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

97.1% ±9% (3,946  ±409.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bergen County: 92.9% 630,189 (±0.9% / ±6,173.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
76.9% ±8.1% (3,125  ±360.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bergen County: 52.6% 356,861 (±0.6% / ±4,330.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

28.6% ±4.2% (1,688  ±250) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bergen County: 31.4% 300,087
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.8% ±1.7% (124  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bergen County: 3.2% 24,300 (±0.2% / ±1,352)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
124 Total veterans ±77 124 Male ±77 N/A Female ±19

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