Andover vs Nahant

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

Andover and Nahant 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 3,328 in Nahant). Andover has the higher median household income ($127,054 vs $111,004 in Nahant). Andover has the higher median home value ($719,900 vs $686,000 in Nahant).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Nahant
Population	9,261	3,328
Median age	45.5 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,054	$111,004
Median home value	$719,900	$686,000
Median gross rent	$1,422	$1,790
Housing units	3,755	1,810
Homeownership rate	69.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Nahant
Population	8,914 → 9,261 (+3.9%)	3,502 → 3,328 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$95,600 → $127,054 (+32.9%)	$97,778 → $111,004 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$564,200 → $719,900 (+27.6%)	$625,400 → $686,000 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,422 (+41.4%)	$1,473 → $1,790 (+21.5%)

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

Nahant

Population

3,5023,328

Median household income

$97,778$111,004

Median home value

$625,400$686,000

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Nahant
Under 5	3.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	6.6%
18 to 24	16.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	22.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	21.8%
75 and over	8.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Nahant
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Nahant
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	11.4%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Nahant
Drove alone	58.4%	69.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.6%
Public transit	2.3%	3.4%
Walked	8.6%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	14.9%
Other means	1.1%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Nahant
1-unit, detached	52.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	8.1%
20 or more units	12.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Nahant
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938