Amesbury vs Andover

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

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

Amesbury has the higher population (17,277 vs 9,261 in Andover). Andover has the higher median household income ($127,054 vs $100,599 in Amesbury). Andover has the higher median home value ($719,900 vs $475,400 in Amesbury).

Population, income & housing

	Amesbury	Andover
Population	17,277	9,261
Median age	44.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,599	$127,054
Median home value	$475,400	$719,900
Median gross rent	$1,573	$1,422
Housing units	7,827	3,755
Homeownership rate	68.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	67.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesbury	Andover
Population	—	8,914 → 9,261 (+3.9%)
Median household income	—	$95,600 → $127,054 (+32.9%)
Median home value	—	$564,200 → $719,900 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,006 → $1,422 (+41.4%)

Amesbury

Andover

Population

8,9149,261

Median household income

$95,600$127,054

Median home value

$564,200$719,900

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,422

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesbury	Andover
Under 5	—	3.7%
5 to 17	—	13.6%
18 to 24	—	16.7%
25 to 34	—	5.4%
35 to 44	—	9.9%
45 to 54	—	13.1%
55 to 64	—	16.5%
65 to 74	—	12.0%
75 and over	—	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesbury	Andover
White (non-Hispanic)	—	80.4%
Black or African American	—	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.3%
Asian	—	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.1%
Two or more races	—	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	—	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesbury	Andover
No high school diploma	—	5.5%
High school graduate	—	11.4%
Some college or associate's	—	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	—	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	—	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesbury	Andover
Drove alone	—	58.4%
Carpooled	—	4.9%
Public transit	—	2.3%
Walked	—	8.6%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	24.7%
Other means	—	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesbury	Andover
1-unit, detached	—	52.2%
1-unit, attached	—	7.2%
2 to 4 units	—	16.7%
5 to 19 units	—	11.2%
20 or more units	—	12.6%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amesbury	Andover
Poverty rate	—	8.9%
Average household size	—	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	—	1938