Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0At 10.2%, unemployment in Andover Township is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Andover Township are D− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Andover Township is behind 78% of U.S. towns. About one in seven work in Andover Township itself; outside it, Andover draws the most (10%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Andover Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Andover Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Andover Township’s grade up ($57,406, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Andover Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
A workday in Andover Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 740 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 748 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
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 people from Andover Township work
Where Andover Township clocks in
10% 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.
What Andover Township’s employers do
873 jobs are based in Andover Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andover Township, 2013 → 2023: 980 → 873. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Andover Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andover Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 805 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
Miles to work from Andover Township
About 23% 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.
Most of Andover Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Andover Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Andover Township 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 899 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). 8.7% of Andover Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Andover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Andover Township next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,060 | Parsons TN | 2,162 | $36K | 25.3% | 7.3% | 24% | D− |
| 5,061 | Onalaska TX | 3,289 | $52K | 23.7% | 9.4% | 5% | D− |
| 5,062 | Andover Township OH | 2,496 | $57K | 26.0% | 10.2% | 14% | D− |
| 5,063 | Henagar AL | 2,361 | $49K | 22.4% | 9.0% | 5% | D− |
| 5,064 | Albion IL | 1,843 | $57K | 27.8% | 10.2% | 33% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Andover Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Andover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover Township | – | D− | B− | 27 min | $57,406 |
| Williamsfield Township | under 2% | C | D− | 28 min | $65,298 |
| Richmond Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 44 min | $56,016 |
| Cherry Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cherry Valley Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Andover Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Andover Township?
$57,406 (±$9,264) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andover Township?
26.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andover Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Andover Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Andover (10%, 0 mi), Ashtabula (7%, 22 mi), Mentor (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Andover Township walkable?
Andover Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Andover Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Andover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Andover Township
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.