Old Tappan vs Woodcliff Lake

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

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

Woodcliff Lake has the higher population (6,097 vs 5,896 in Old Tappan). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median household income ($211,233 vs $199,250 in Old Tappan). Old Tappan has the higher median home value ($910,600 vs $901,800 in Woodcliff Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Old Tappan	Woodcliff Lake
Population	5,896	6,097
Median age	44.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$199,250	$211,233
Median home value	$910,600	$901,800
Median gross rent	$3,241	$2,629
Housing units	2,027	2,221
Homeownership rate	89.8%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	77.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Tappan	Woodcliff Lake
Population	5,914 → 5,896 (-0.3%)	5,832 → 6,097 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$144,076 → $199,250 (+38.3%)	$171,103 → $211,233 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$790,300 → $910,600 (+15.2%)	$812,300 → $901,800 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,154 → $3,241 (+50.5%)	$2,069 → $2,629 (+27.1%)

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

Woodcliff Lake

Population

5,8326,097

Median household income

$171,103$211,233

Median home value

$812,300$901,800

Median gross rent

$2,069$2,629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Tappan	Woodcliff Lake
Under 5	4.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	18.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.7%
75 and over	9.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Tappan	Woodcliff Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	40.7%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	5.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Tappan	Woodcliff Lake
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	11.8%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	8.4%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	44.4%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	32.5%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Tappan	Woodcliff Lake
Drove alone	66.6%	60.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.2%
Public transit	4.9%	6.3%
Walked	3.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	17.5%	23.9%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Tappan	Woodcliff Lake
1-unit, detached	71.3%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	22.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Old Tappan	Woodcliff Lake
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.1%
Average household size	3.05	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1986	1969