Tappan vs Viola

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

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

Viola has the higher population (7,470 vs 6,704 in Tappan). Tappan has the higher median household income ($177,143 vs $95,383 in Viola). Viola has the higher median home value ($1,006,700 vs $602,200 in Tappan).

Population, income & housing

	Tappan	Viola
Population	6,704	7,470
Median age	45.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$177,143	$95,383
Median home value	$602,200	$1,006,700
Median gross rent	$2,237	$2,036
Housing units	2,274	2,386
Homeownership rate	93.8%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tappan	Viola
Population	7,227 → 6,704 (-7.2%)	6,898 → 7,470 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$118,375 → $177,143 (+49.6%)	$70,625 → $95,383 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$497,700 → $602,200 (+21.0%)	$679,700 → $1,006,700 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,256 → $2,237 (-0.8%)	$1,747 → $2,036 (+16.5%)

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

Viola

Population

6,8987,470

Median household income

$70,625$95,383

Median home value

$679,700$1,006,700

Median gross rent

$1,747$2,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tappan	Viola
Under 5	3.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	30.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.1%
75 and over	10.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tappan	Viola
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	96.5%
Black or African American	5.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tappan	Viola
No high school diploma	9.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	10.1%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tappan	Viola
Drove alone	69.0%	59.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.0%
Public transit	7.2%	2.5%
Walked	0.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	21.6%
Other means	0.9%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tappan	Viola
1-unit, detached	91.3%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	19.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	2.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Tappan	Viola
Poverty rate	0.9%	25.9%
Average household size	2.94	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1964	1983