Antwerp vs Philadelphia

A side-by-side comparison of Antwerp and Philadelphia: population, income, housing, and more.

Antwerp and Philadelphia are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Philadelphia has the higher population (803 vs 745 in Antwerp). Antwerp has the higher median household income ($58,333 vs $53,958 in Philadelphia). Philadelphia has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $124,300 in Antwerp).

Population, income & housing

	Antwerp	Philadelphia
Population	745	803
Median age	35.6 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,333	$53,958
Median home value	$124,300	$134,400
Median gross rent	$827	$731
Housing units	356	439
Homeownership rate	66.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	21.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antwerp	Philadelphia
Population	580 → 745 (+28.4%)	1,087 → 803 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$47,794 → $58,333 (+22.1%)	$32,823 → $53,958 (+64.4%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $124,300 (+9.2%)	$128,600 → $134,400 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $827 (+19.2%)	$679 → $731 (+7.7%)

Antwerp

Population

580745

Median household income

$47,794$58,333

Median home value

$113,800$124,300

Median gross rent

$694$827

Philadelphia

Population

1,087803

Median household income

$32,823$53,958

Median home value

$128,600$134,400

Median gross rent

$679$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antwerp	Philadelphia
Under 5	8.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	19.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	5.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.0%
75 and over	11.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antwerp	Philadelphia
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	82.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antwerp	Philadelphia
No high school diploma	8.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	40.1%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antwerp	Philadelphia
Drove alone	74.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	10.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antwerp	Philadelphia
1-unit, detached	71.1%	36.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	40.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	10.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Antwerp	Philadelphia
Poverty rate	10.9%	26.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1938	1979