Midland Park vs Old Tappan

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

Midland Park 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.

Midland Park has the higher population (6,996 vs 5,896 in Old Tappan). Old Tappan has the higher median household income ($199,250 vs $140,063 in Midland Park). Old Tappan has the higher median home value ($910,600 vs $586,200 in Midland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Midland Park	Old Tappan
Population	6,996	5,896
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$140,063	$199,250
Median home value	$586,200	$910,600
Median gross rent	$1,837	$3,241
Housing units	3,112	2,027
Homeownership rate	69.5%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midland Park	Old Tappan
Population	7,244 → 6,996 (-3.4%)	5,914 → 5,896 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$121,162 → $140,063 (+15.6%)	$144,076 → $199,250 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$513,400 → $586,200 (+14.2%)	$790,300 → $910,600 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,781 → $1,837 (+3.1%)	$2,154 → $3,241 (+50.5%)

Midland Park

Population

7,2446,996

Median household income

$121,162$140,063

Median home value

$513,400$586,200

Median gross rent

$1,781$1,837

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)

	Midland Park	Old Tappan
Under 5	6.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	7.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.4%
75 and over	13.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midland Park	Old Tappan
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	51.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	40.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midland Park	Old Tappan
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	19.7%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	8.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	44.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midland Park	Old Tappan
Drove alone	70.1%	66.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.1%
Public transit	4.3%	4.9%
Walked	1.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	17.5%
Other means	0.9%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midland Park	Old Tappan
1-unit, detached	67.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	3.8%
20 or more units	12.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Midland Park	Old Tappan
Poverty rate	1.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.32	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1953	1986