Andover vs Newburyport

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

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

Newburyport has the higher population (18,444 vs 9,261 in Andover). Newburyport has the higher median household income ($144,259 vs $127,054 in Andover). Newburyport has the higher median home value ($792,400 vs $719,900 in Andover).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Newburyport
Population	9,261	18,444
Median age	45.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,054	$144,259
Median home value	$719,900	$792,400
Median gross rent	$1,422	$1,511
Housing units	3,755	8,298
Homeownership rate	69.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Newburyport
Population	8,914 → 9,261 (+3.9%)	18,077 → 18,444 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$95,600 → $127,054 (+32.9%)	$109,839 → $144,259 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$564,200 → $719,900 (+27.6%)	$548,400 → $792,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,422 (+41.4%)	$1,338 → $1,511 (+12.9%)

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

Newburyport

Population

18,07718,444

Median household income

$109,839$144,259

Median home value

$548,400$792,400

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Newburyport
Under 5	3.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	16.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.1%
75 and over	8.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Newburyport
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Newburyport
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	11.4%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Newburyport
Drove alone	58.4%	63.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.9%
Public transit	2.3%	3.0%
Walked	8.6%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	24.7%	23.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Newburyport
1-unit, detached	52.2%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	5.5%
20 or more units	12.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Newburyport
Poverty rate	8.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1938	1952