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Old Tappan borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Old Tappan borough is a Census borough of 6,008 people across 3.32 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $205,385, 94.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.5 m.
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Old Tappan
What Old Tappan is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area3.32 sq mi
- Water area0.85 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,812
- County holding the largest share of its areaBergen County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Old Tappan
How many people live in Old Tappan
- Population6,008
- Median age44.4
- Population under 181,427 plus or minus 296
- Share under 1823.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over1,301
- Share 65 and over21.7 percent
- Households1,938
- Family households1,788
- Share of households that are families92.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Old Tappan
Income and work in Old Tappan
- Median household income$205,385
- Per capita income$78,124
- Civilian labor force2,822
- Employed2,759
- Unemployed63 plus or minus 49
- Unemployment rate2.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over4,195
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher76.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree31.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Old Tappan
Housing in Old Tappan
- Housing units2,044
- Occupied units1,938
- Vacant units106 plus or minus 94
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied1,824
- Renter occupied114 plus or minus 62
- Ownership rate94.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$951,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,501
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.5 percent
- Single family units1,975
- Share single family96.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more57 plus or minus 49
- Share in buildings of two or more2.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Old Tappan
How Old Tappan gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,200
- Commuting under 15 minutes371 plus or minus 119
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.9 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,086 plus or minus 253
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.4 percent
- Drove alone60.5 percent
- Carpooled3.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport5.9 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Walked5.2 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Worked from home19.5 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Old Tappan
SBA 7(a) lending to Old Tappan borrowers
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$10,460,200
- Average approval$804,631
- Median approval$331,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,600,000
- Largest approval$4,627,700
- Jobs supported91
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full3
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.4 percent
- Share to franchises15.4 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bergen County, not Old Tappan
Bergen County context, not Old Tappan figures
These are Bergen County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Old Tappan measurements.
- Establishments in Bergen County31,818
- Employment at those establishments, Bergen County441,870
- Covered employment, Bergen County438,240
- Average annual pay, Bergen County$80,639
- Average weekly wage, Bergen County$1,551
- Housing units permitted, Bergen County3,329
- Of those, single family, Bergen County1,450
- County product, 2024, Bergen County$105,804,508,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bergen County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bergen County$129,007
Every figure in this section is published for Bergen County as a whole and is not a measurement of Old Tappan. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Old Tappan questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Old Tappan, New Jersey?
6,008, in 1,938 households. Old Tappan borough covers 3.32 square miles of land, which is 1,812 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Old Tappan in?
Bergen County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Old Tappan?
$205,385. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $951,300. Median gross rent is $3,501 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Old Tappan businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $10.5 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $331,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Old Tappan, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Old Tappan borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Old Tappan. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Old Tappan figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bergen County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Old Tappan.
Is zoning published for Old Tappan?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.