Antwerp has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Antwerp for work; outside it, Watertown is the main destination (16%, 22 miles). 13 jobs are based in Antwerp; 160 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 23 minutes each way, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Antwerp, and who commutes in
On a workday 160 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Antwerp on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Antwerp goes to work
Where Antwerp clocks in
8% 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.
Most jobs in Antwerp are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antwerp, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 13. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antwerp’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Antwerp’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 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 216 commuters (the 13% 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.
Antwerp’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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?
$56,964 (±$25,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antwerp?
10.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antwerp?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antwerp work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (16%, 22 mi), Philadelphia (14%, 6 mi), Alexandria (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Antwerp without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% 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), 2023, 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.