Nyack vs Tappan

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

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

Nyack has the higher population (7,469 vs 6,704 in Tappan). Tappan has the higher median household income ($177,143 vs $118,889 in Nyack). Nyack has the higher median home value ($619,300 vs $602,200 in Tappan).

Population, income & housing

	Nyack	Tappan
Population	7,469	6,704
Median age	39.6 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,889	$177,143
Median home value	$619,300	$602,200
Median gross rent	$2,213	$2,237
Housing units	3,559	2,274
Homeownership rate	35.2%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.8%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nyack	Tappan
Population	7,173 → 7,469 (+4.1%)	7,227 → 6,704 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$66,413 → $118,889 (+79.0%)	$118,375 → $177,143 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$475,500 → $619,300 (+30.2%)	$497,700 → $602,200 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,790 → $2,213 (+23.6%)	$2,256 → $2,237 (-0.8%)

Nyack

Population

7,1737,469

Median household income

$66,413$118,889

Median home value

$475,500$619,300

Median gross rent

$1,790$2,213

Tappan

Population

7,2276,704

Median household income

$118,375$177,143

Median home value

$497,700$602,200

Median gross rent

$2,256$2,237

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nyack	Tappan
Under 5	4.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.4%
75 and over	8.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nyack	Tappan
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	62.9%
Black or African American	21.4%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nyack	Tappan
No high school diploma	7.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	14.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	34.1%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nyack	Tappan
Drove alone	57.2%	69.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.9%
Public transit	13.1%	7.2%
Walked	3.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	12.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nyack	Tappan
1-unit, detached	22.5%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	25.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nyack	Tappan
Poverty rate	6.5%	0.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1962	1964