Andover vs Towanda

A side-by-side comparison of Andover and Towanda: population, income, housing, and more.

Andover and Towanda are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Andover has the higher population (15,508 vs 1,748 in Towanda). Andover has the higher median household income ($106,676 vs $71,048 in Towanda). Andover has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $114,700 in Towanda).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Towanda
Population	15,508	1,748
Median age	36.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,676	$71,048
Median home value	$272,600	$114,700
Median gross rent	$1,481	$944
Housing units	5,468	702
Homeownership rate	80.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Towanda
Population	13,062 → 15,508 (+18.7%)	1,311 → 1,748 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$89,302 → $106,676 (+19.5%)	$56,989 → $71,048 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$201,000 → $272,600 (+35.6%)	$79,500 → $114,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,304 → $1,481 (+13.6%)	$804 → $944 (+17.4%)

Andover

Population

13,06215,508

Median household income

$89,302$106,676

Median home value

$201,000$272,600

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,481

Towanda

Population

1,3111,748

Median household income

$56,989$71,048

Median home value

$79,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$804$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Towanda
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.6%	29.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	19.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.6%
75 and over	4.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	94.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	4.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Towanda
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	15.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Towanda
Drove alone	82.2%	85.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	9.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Towanda
1-unit, detached	78.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Towanda
Poverty rate	3.2%	12.1%
Average household size	3.00	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	2001	1987