Allendale vs Old Tappan

A side-by-side comparison of Allendale and Old Tappan: population, income, housing, and more.

Allendale and Old Tappan are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allendale has the higher population (6,820 vs 5,896 in Old Tappan). Old Tappan has the higher median household income ($199,250 vs $156,992 in Allendale). Old Tappan has the higher median home value ($910,600 vs $764,600 in Allendale).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Old Tappan
Population	6,820	5,896
Median age	45.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$156,992	$199,250
Median home value	$764,600	$910,600
Median gross rent	$2,648	$3,241
Housing units	2,505	2,027
Homeownership rate	77.4%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Old Tappan
Population	6,765 → 6,820 (+0.8%)	5,914 → 5,896 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$170,968 → $156,992 (-8.2%)	$144,076 → $199,250 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$757,000 → $764,600 (+1.0%)	$790,300 → $910,600 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,919 → $2,648 (+38.0%)	$2,154 → $3,241 (+50.5%)

Allendale

Population

6,7656,820

Median household income

$170,968$156,992

Median home value

$757,000$764,600

Median gross rent

$1,919$2,648

Old Tappan

Population

5,9145,896

Median household income

$144,076$199,250

Median home value

$790,300$910,600

Median gross rent

$2,154$3,241

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Old Tappan
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	4.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	20.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.4%
75 and over	8.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Old Tappan
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	51.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.0%	40.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Old Tappan
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	8.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	44.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Old Tappan
Drove alone	54.6%	66.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.1%
Public transit	11.4%	4.9%
Walked	0.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Old Tappan
1-unit, detached	70.5%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	18.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Old Tappan
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.88	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1966	1986