Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Andover are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Andover itself; outside it, Hartford draws the most (11%, 16 miles). Below the poverty line: 1.8% of residents, where Connecticut as a whole has 10.0%. Jobs and income earn Andover A+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Andover
Andover is a place people come home to
There are 337 jobs based in Andover, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Andover has about 1,900 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Andover makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Andover are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Andover residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Andover
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Andover is among the top U.S. towns, #2 of 155 in Connecticut. Unemployment is its strongest input (0.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Andover stays A+.
Andover by day and by night
On a workday 1,474 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Andover on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Andover makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
337 jobs are based in Andover.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andover, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 337. 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 Andover’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Andover commutes to
Where Andover clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Andover takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andover workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,554 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Andover’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Andover is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Andover is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #133 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Andover near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,840 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Andover households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Andover’s commuters take a bus or train.
Andover next to U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300: 36th of 4,698 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 35 | Bunker Hill Village TX | 3,896 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 36 | Andover CT | 3,173 | $135K | 1.8% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| 38 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 181 | Woodmont CT | 2,391 | $91K | 1.9% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 360 | Lyme CT | 2,424 | $135K | 2.9% | 2.9% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 621 | Middlefield CT | 4,276 | $100K | 8.1% | 2.9% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Andover, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
How Andover compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Andover workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover | – | A+ | C | 25 min | $134,632 |
| Hebron | under 3% | A | C+ | 33 min | $142,500 |
| Coventry | under 3% | A | C− | 27 min | $108,213 |
| Columbia | under 3% | B+ | C− | 32 min | $127,000 |
| Bolton | under 3% | A | C+ | 25 min | $126,364 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Andover’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 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 Andover: questions
What is the median household income in Andover?
$134,632 (±$20,393) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andover?
1.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andover?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Andover work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (11%, 16 mi), Manchester (9%, 8 mi), East Hartford (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Andover walkable?
Andover is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Andover without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Andover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Andover
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. 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.