New Jersey · Census place 3454870

Old Tappan, New Jersey

Old Tappan is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 6,342 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 173rd largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,342
#173 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+8.1%
+476 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.85 sq mi water
Density
1,910 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Old Tappan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Old Tappan population, 2020 to 2024

Old Tappan added 476 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.1%. In the latest year it moved by +208. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Old Tappan is 56% of it.

5,86620205,84420215,86420226,13420236,3422024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,886. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Old Tappan covers 3.32 square miles of land and 0.85 of water, for 1,910 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Old Tappan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Old Tappan is in

All of Old Tappan's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Old Tappan holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Old Tappan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Old Tappan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07675. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Old Tappan is

The Census internal point of Old Tappan is at 41.023300, -73.984200. Trenton, the capital, is 68.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Park Ridge, NJ (9,634 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 8.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.023300, -73.984200
DMS
41°01'23.88"N 73°59'3.12"W
UTM
18N 585400.9E 4541840.5N
Geohash
dr73kkn65
Plus code
87H822F8+88

Daylight in Old Tappan

At 41.02° N, Old Tappan gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Old Tappan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Northvale, 2.0 miles away, with 4,979 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Old Tappan, NJ?

6,342 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 476 (8.1%) from 5,866 in July 2020.

What county is Old Tappan in?

Bergen County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Old Tappan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07675.

How far is Old Tappan from Trenton?

68.6 miles (110.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Old Tappan.

What is the nearest larger city to Old Tappan?

Park Ridge, NJ, with 9,634 residents, 3.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.