Tappan vs Wesley Hills

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

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

Tappan has the higher population (6,704 vs 6,150 in Wesley Hills). Wesley Hills has the higher median household income ($179,000 vs $177,143 in Tappan). Wesley Hills has the higher median home value ($893,200 vs $602,200 in Tappan).

Population, income & housing

	Tappan	Wesley Hills
Population	6,704	6,150
Median age	45.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$177,143	$179,000
Median home value	$602,200	$893,200
Median gross rent	$2,237	$1,844
Housing units	2,274	1,680
Homeownership rate	93.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tappan	Wesley Hills
Population	7,227 → 6,704 (-7.2%)	5,885 → 6,150 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$118,375 → $177,143 (+49.6%)	$124,487 → $179,000 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$497,700 → $602,200 (+21.0%)	$666,000 → $893,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,256 → $2,237 (-0.8%)	$1,719 → $1,844 (+7.3%)

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

Wesley Hills

Population

5,8856,150

Median household income

$124,487$179,000

Median home value

$666,000$893,200

Median gross rent

$1,719$1,844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tappan	Wesley Hills
Under 5	3.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	23.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	16.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.2%
75 and over	10.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tappan	Wesley Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	16.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tappan	Wesley Hills
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	10.1%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tappan	Wesley Hills
Drove alone	69.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.3%
Public transit	7.2%	4.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	13.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tappan	Wesley Hills
1-unit, detached	91.3%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Tappan	Wesley Hills
Poverty rate	0.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.94	3.80
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1964	1974