Dr. Abner Benton House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Antwerp has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 77 jobs in Antwerp, against 568 working residents. Jobs and income earn Antwerp C; getting around on foot earns it C−. Hardly any stay in Antwerp for work; outside it, Watertown is the main destination (16%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Antwerp apart
Antwerp is a place people come home to
There are 77 jobs based in Antwerp, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Antwerp has about 1,200 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Antwerp’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Antwerp is Watertown, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (93) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Antwerp are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 568 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Antwerp gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Antwerp is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Antwerp’s grade up (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Antwerp’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Antwerp could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Antwerp
On a workday 563 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Antwerp on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far Antwerp goes to work
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Antwerp: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antwerp workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 753 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Antwerp ends
Where Antwerp clocks in
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Antwerp
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antwerp, 2014 → 2024: 40 → 77. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antwerp’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Antwerp, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Antwerp is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 829 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Antwerp households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Antwerp’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Antwerp is 3,761st of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,759 | McCleary WA | 2,053 | $78K | 10.4% | 11.2% | 5% | C |
| 3,760 | Marmet WV | 1,416 | $52K | 13.6% | 12.1% | 1% | C |
| 3,761 | Antwerp NY | 1,641 | $74K | 9.7% | 7.2% | 1% | C |
| 3,762 | Indian Lake NY | 1,344 | $63K | 6.1% | 4.5% | 38% | C |
| 3,763 | Millwood Township OH | 1,225 | $55K | 6.0% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Antwerp, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
20% of Antwerp works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Philadelphia (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Antwerp workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antwerp | – | C | C− | 27 min | $74,274 |
| Theresa | 5% | C | D | 26 min | $69,500 |
| Rossie | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Wilna | under 3% | D | B− | 24 min | $60,213 |
| Philadelphia | 15% | C− | C | 23 min | $76,364 |
| Fowler | under 3% | D | D | 26 min | $49,875 |
| Diana | under 3% | D | C | 33 min | $58,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rossie: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Antwerp’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Antwerp: questions
What is the median household income in Antwerp?
$74,274 (±$6,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antwerp?
9.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antwerp?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antwerp work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (16%, 23 mi), Philadelphia (15%, 8 mi), Alexandria (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Antwerp walkable?
Antwerp is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Antwerp without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antwerp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antwerp
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.