Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Andover commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 520 jobs in Andover, and 1,231 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Andover B; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in ten stay in Andover for work; outside it, Concord is the main destination (16%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Andover: the gist
How Andover earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Andover is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Andover’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Andover could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The daily trip from Andover: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andover workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 956 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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 Andover for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,095 residents head out to work, 136 work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Andover 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 Andover’s working residents head each day
Where Andover clocks in
16% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Andover
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andover, 2013 → 2023: 471 → 520. 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.
Miles to work from Andover
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.
The commute in Andover is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Andover is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,083 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). 1.9% of Andover households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Andover’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Andover ranks 2,023rd of 5,207 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 247 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 277 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,021 | Westby WI | 2,435 | $73K | 8.0% | 2.6% | 14% | B |
| 2,022 | Northfield MA | 2,857 | $103K | 6.8% | 4.6% | 10% | B |
| 2,023 | Andover NH | 2,456 | $89K | 10.5% | 2.0% | 11% | B |
| 2,024 | Richmond WI | 1,883 | $75K | 7.7% | 4.2% | 1% | B |
| 2,025 | Keenesburg CO | 2,107 | $84K | 10.0% | 2.1% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 New Hampshire.
Andover and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Franklin (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
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?
$88,514 (±$27,087) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andover?
10.5%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andover?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Andover work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (16%, 19 mi), Manchester (6%, 37 mi), New London (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Andover walkable?
Andover is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Andover 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 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.