Household incomes in Andrews trail those of 84% of U.S. towns
Andrews grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 13.6% of residents live below the poverty line; Florida has 12.6%. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Andrews
Andrews’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Andrews is Gainesville, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (39) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Andrews workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 302 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Andrews’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Andrews is better than 9% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Andrews’ grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Andrews’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Andrews could be anywhere from D− to B.
Half of Andrews commutes less than 32 miles
About 35% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Andrews
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andrews workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 561 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Andrews for work, and who comes in
On a workday 297 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.70 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.
13% of working residents work in Gainesville
Where Andrews clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
In Andrews, 41% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
210 jobs are based in Andrews.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andrews, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 210. 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 Andrews’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Andrews is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Andrews is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 577 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). 2.4% of Andrews households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Andrews’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Andrews is 4,055th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,053 | Williamstown NY | 1,356 | $62K | 16.7% | 4.6% | 3% | D |
| 4,054 | LeChee AZ | 1,307 | $62K | 15.1% | 3.3% | 0% | D |
| 4,055 | Andrews FL | 1,275 | $53K | 13.6% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,056 | Sunnyside GA | 1,031 | $44K | 21.7% | 0.0% | <1% | D |
| 4,057 | Memphis MI | 1,091 | $57K | 24.7% | 4.3% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Andrews, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Around Andrews: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Chiefland (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Andrews workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews | – | D | C− | 30 min | $52,955 |
| Fanning Springs | 2% | D | C+ | 26 min | $53,618 |
| Chiefland | 7% | — | B+ | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Andrews’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 Andrews: questions
What is the median household income in Andrews?
$52,955 (±$23,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andrews?
13.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andrews?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Andrews work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (13%, 34 mi), Chiefland (7%, 4 mi), Trenton (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Andrews walkable?
Andrews is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Andrews without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Andrews, from the people who make the trip.
More of Andrews
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.