Andover vs Rockport

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

Andover and Rockport 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 4,795 in Rockport). Andover has the higher median household income ($127,054 vs $86,250 in Rockport). Andover has the higher median home value ($719,900 vs $694,300 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Rockport
Population	9,261	4,795
Median age	45.5 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$127,054	$86,250
Median home value	$719,900	$694,300
Median gross rent	$1,422	$1,848
Housing units	3,755	3,170
Homeownership rate	69.8%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Rockport
Population	8,914 → 9,261 (+3.9%)	5,260 → 4,795 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$95,600 → $127,054 (+32.9%)	$81,765 → $86,250 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$564,200 → $719,900 (+27.6%)	$563,900 → $694,300 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,422 (+41.4%)	$1,352 → $1,848 (+36.7%)

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

Rockport

Population

5,2604,795

Median household income

$81,765$86,250

Median home value

$563,900$694,300

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Rockport
Under 5	3.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	6.7%
18 to 24	16.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	29.1%
75 and over	8.9%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	8.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Rockport
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	11.4%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Rockport
Drove alone	58.4%	65.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.9%
Public transit	2.3%	2.6%
Walked	8.6%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	23.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Rockport
1-unit, detached	52.2%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	12.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Rockport
Poverty rate	8.9%	3.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1951