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Population (year 2000): 6,757
Males: 3,286 (48.6%), Females: 3,471 (51.4%)
Rockland County
Zip code:
10983
Median resident age: 40.6 years
Median household income: $86,435 (year 2000)
Median house value: $273,900 (year 2000)
Races in Tappan:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.2%)
- Hispanic (6.4%)
- Asian Indian (3.8%)
- Korean (3.6%)
- Chinese (2.9%)
- Filipino (2.4%)
- Other race (1.5%)
- Black (1.3%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (23.8%), Italian (22.7%),
German (14.1%), Russian (4.5%), Polish (4.0%), English (3.4%).
Elevation: 50 feet
Land area: 2.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Tappan
- High school or higher: 92.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 46.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 18.7%
- Unemployed: 2.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Tappan CDP
- Never married: 21.8%
- Now married: 67.9%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 5.0%
- Divorced: 4.7%
19.3% Foreign born (10.0% Asia, 4.8% Latin
America, 4.5% Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Tappan:
- ROCKLAND PSYCH CTR (about 2 miles; ORANGEBURG, NY)
- NYACK HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; NYACK, NY)
- PASCACK VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; WESTWOOD,
NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Tappan:
- TETERBORO (about 14 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
- WESTCHESTER COUNTY (about 18 miles; WHITE PLAINS,
NY; ID: HPN)
- LA GUARDIA (about 19 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: LGA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Tappan:
- HAVERSTRAW (about 13 miles; HAVERSTRAW, NY; ID: H43)
- LITTLE FERRY (about 13 miles; LITTLE FERRY, NJ; ID:
2N7)
- PEEKSKILL (about 15 miles; PEEKSKILL, NY; ID: 7N2)
Amtrak stations near Tappan:
- 8 miles: YONKERS (FOOT OF DOCK ST. & WELLS AVE.).
Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting
area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar,
paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call
for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit
connection.
- 13 miles: CROTON-HARMON (CROTON-ON-HUDSON, CROTON
POINT AVE.). Services: partially wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, snack bar, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
- 15 miles: NEW ROCHELLE (DEPOT PLAZA NORTH).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Tappan:
- MERCY COLLEGE-MAIN CAMPUS (about 6 miles; DOBBS
FERRY, NY; Full-time enrollment: 6,643)
- MANHATTAN COLLEGE (about 10 miles; BRONX, NY; FT
enrollment: 2,769)
- BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 10 miles; PARAMUS,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,733)
- FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY-ALL CAMPUSES (about
11 miles; TEANECK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,482)
- CUNY LEHMAN COLLEGE (about 12 miles; BRONX, NY; FT
enrollment: 5,818)
- MONROE COLLEGE-MAIN CAMPUS (about 12 miles; BRONX,
NY; FT enrollment: 3,063)
- FORDHAM UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; BRONX, NY; FT
enrollment: 11,026)
Public primary/middle school in Tappan:
- WILLIAM O. SCHAEFER ES (Students: 534;
Location: 140 LESTER DR; Grades: KG - 01)
Library in Tappan:
- TAPPAN LIBRARY (Operating income: $541,317;
Location: 93 MAIN STREET; 38,719 books; 1,020 audio
materials; 1,146 video materials; 131 serial
subscriptions)
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