Norwood vs Old Tappan

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

Norwood 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.

Old Tappan has the higher population (5,896 vs 5,668 in Norwood). Old Tappan has the higher median household income ($199,250 vs $164,766 in Norwood). Old Tappan has the higher median home value ($910,600 vs $676,400 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Old Tappan
Population	5,668	5,896
Median age	47.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$164,766	$199,250
Median home value	$676,400	$910,600
Median gross rent	$2,446	$3,241
Housing units	2,048	2,027
Homeownership rate	80.2%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Old Tappan
Population	5,812 → 5,668 (-2.5%)	5,914 → 5,896 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$122,200 → $164,766 (+34.8%)	$144,076 → $199,250 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$626,700 → $676,400 (+7.9%)	$790,300 → $910,600 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,851 → $2,446 (+32.1%)	$2,154 → $3,241 (+50.5%)

Norwood

Population

5,8125,668

Median household income

$122,200$164,766

Median home value

$626,700$676,400

Median gross rent

$1,851$2,446

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)

	Norwood	Old Tappan
Under 5	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	16.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.4%
75 and over	12.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Old Tappan
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	51.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	30.3%	40.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Old Tappan
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	19.0%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	8.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	44.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Old Tappan
Drove alone	60.9%	66.6%
Carpooled	9.8%	3.1%
Public transit	4.5%	4.9%
Walked	1.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	17.5%
Other means	2.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Old Tappan
1-unit, detached	65.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	22.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	3.8%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Old Tappan
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.77	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1979	1986