Andover vs Ipswich

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

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

Andover has the higher population (9,261 vs 4,806 in Ipswich). Andover has the higher median household income ($127,054 vs $92,969 in Ipswich). Andover has the higher median home value ($719,900 vs $570,500 in Ipswich).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Ipswich
Population	9,261	4,806
Median age	45.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,054	$92,969
Median home value	$719,900	$570,500
Median gross rent	$1,422	$1,456
Housing units	3,755	2,188
Homeownership rate	69.8%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Ipswich
Population	8,914 → 9,261 (+3.9%)	4,699 → 4,806 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$95,600 → $127,054 (+32.9%)	$65,893 → $92,969 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$564,200 → $719,900 (+27.6%)	$418,100 → $570,500 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,422 (+41.4%)	$1,090 → $1,456 (+33.6%)

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

Ipswich

Population

4,6994,806

Median household income

$65,893$92,969

Median home value

$418,100$570,500

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Ipswich
Under 5	3.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	16.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.4%
75 and over	8.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Ipswich
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Ipswich
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	11.4%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Ipswich
Drove alone	58.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.5%
Public transit	2.3%	2.3%
Walked	8.6%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	16.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Ipswich
1-unit, detached	52.2%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	29.2%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	16.4%
20 or more units	12.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Ipswich
Poverty rate	8.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938