Andover vs Lynnfield

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

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

Lynnfield has the higher population (12,964 vs 9,261 in Andover). Lynnfield has the higher median household income ($172,484 vs $127,054 in Andover). Lynnfield has the higher median home value ($904,200 vs $719,900 in Andover).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Lynnfield
Population	9,261	12,964
Median age	45.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$127,054	$172,484
Median home value	$719,900	$904,200
Median gross rent	$1,422	$2,333
Housing units	3,755	4,788
Homeownership rate	69.8%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	61.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Lynnfield
Population	8,914 → 9,261 (+3.9%)	12,894 → 12,964 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$95,600 → $127,054 (+32.9%)	$128,641 → $172,484 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$564,200 → $719,900 (+27.6%)	$670,700 → $904,200 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,422 (+41.4%)	$1,669 → $2,333 (+39.8%)

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

Lynnfield

Population

12,89412,964

Median household income

$128,641$172,484

Median home value

$670,700$904,200

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Lynnfield
Under 5	3.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	16.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.3%
75 and over	8.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Lynnfield
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	81.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.9%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Lynnfield
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	11.4%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Lynnfield
Drove alone	58.4%	68.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.7%
Public transit	2.3%	1.5%
Walked	8.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	24.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Lynnfield
1-unit, detached	52.2%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Lynnfield
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1938	1965