Carlstadt vs Old Tappan

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

Carlstadt 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.

Carlstadt has the higher population (6,343 vs 5,896 in Old Tappan). Old Tappan has the higher median household income ($199,250 vs $94,854 in Carlstadt). Old Tappan has the higher median home value ($910,600 vs $523,800 in Carlstadt).

Population, income & housing

	Carlstadt	Old Tappan
Population	6,343	5,896
Median age	44.0 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,854	$199,250
Median home value	$523,800	$910,600
Median gross rent	$1,503	$3,241
Housing units	2,733	2,027
Homeownership rate	61.0%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlstadt	Old Tappan
Population	6,178 → 6,343 (+2.7%)	5,914 → 5,896 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$88,827 → $94,854 (+6.8%)	$144,076 → $199,250 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$408,600 → $523,800 (+28.2%)	$790,300 → $910,600 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,503 (+16.5%)	$2,154 → $3,241 (+50.5%)

Carlstadt

Population

6,1786,343

Median household income

$88,827$94,854

Median home value

$408,600$523,800

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,503

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)

	Carlstadt	Old Tappan
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	17.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.4%
75 and over	6.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlstadt	Old Tappan
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	51.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	40.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlstadt	Old Tappan
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	8.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	44.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlstadt	Old Tappan
Drove alone	59.5%	66.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.1%
Public transit	17.9%	4.9%
Walked	3.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	17.5%
Other means	6.1%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlstadt	Old Tappan
1-unit, detached	48.3%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carlstadt	Old Tappan
Poverty rate	10.5%	2.4%
Average household size	2.40	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1954	1986