Flanders vs North Sea

A side-by-side comparison of Flanders and North Sea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Sea has the higher population (6,517 vs 6,388 in Flanders). North Sea has the higher median household income ($155,139 vs $91,806 in Flanders). North Sea has the higher median home value ($1,071,800 vs $387,100 in Flanders).

Population, income & housing

	Flanders	North Sea
Population	6,388	6,517
Median age	35.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,806	$155,139
Median home value	$387,100	$1,071,800
Median gross rent	$2,239	$2,643
Housing units	2,291	3,683
Homeownership rate	63.8%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flanders	North Sea
Population	5,750 → 6,388 (+11.1%)	4,597 → 6,517 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$87,311 → $91,806 (+5.1%)	$105,064 → $155,139 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$293,300 → $387,100 (+32.0%)	$835,400 → $1,071,800 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,239 (+18.5%)	$1,949 → $2,643 (+35.6%)

Flanders

Population

5,7506,388

Median household income

$87,311$91,806

Median home value

$293,300$387,100

Median gross rent

$1,889$2,239

North Sea

Population

4,5976,517

Median household income

$105,064$155,139

Median home value

$835,400$1,071,800

Median gross rent

$1,949$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flanders	North Sea
Under 5	12.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	6.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	17.9%
75 and over	6.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flanders	North Sea
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	63.7%
Black or African American	5.4%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	47.1%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flanders	North Sea
No high school diploma	29.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	32.6%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flanders	North Sea
Drove alone	72.8%	64.7%
Carpooled	20.3%	10.8%
Public transit	3.8%	2.7%
Walked	0.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.3%	19.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flanders	North Sea
1-unit, detached	94.0%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flanders	North Sea
Poverty rate	23.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.97	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1974	1986