Andover vs Salisbury

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

Andover and Salisbury 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 5,735 in Salisbury). Andover has the higher median household income ($127,054 vs $93,052 in Salisbury). Andover has the higher median home value ($719,900 vs $441,500 in Salisbury).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Salisbury
Population	9,261	5,735
Median age	45.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,054	$93,052
Median home value	$719,900	$441,500
Median gross rent	$1,422	$1,737
Housing units	3,755	3,721
Homeownership rate	69.8%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Salisbury
Population	8,914 → 9,261 (+3.9%)	5,131 → 5,735 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$95,600 → $127,054 (+32.9%)	$78,787 → $93,052 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$564,200 → $719,900 (+27.6%)	$359,900 → $441,500 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,422 (+41.4%)	$1,440 → $1,737 (+20.6%)

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

Salisbury

Population

5,1315,735

Median household income

$78,787$93,052

Median home value

$359,900$441,500

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Salisbury
Under 5	3.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	8.9%
18 to 24	16.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.4%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	16.6%
75 and over	8.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Salisbury
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	11.4%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Salisbury
Drove alone	58.4%	75.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.8%
Walked	8.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	17.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	52.2%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	23.4%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	12.6%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Salisbury
Poverty rate	8.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1938	1981