Alfred vs Andover

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

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

Alfred has the higher population (4,632 vs 968 in Andover). Andover has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $45,357 in Alfred). Alfred has the higher median home value ($169,100 vs $74,300 in Andover).

Population, income & housing

	Alfred	Andover
Population	4,632	968
Median age	20.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,357	$69,375
Median home value	$169,100	$74,300
Median gross rent	$807	$760
Housing units	680	453
Homeownership rate	52.6%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.1%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfred	Andover
Population	4,293 → 4,632 (+7.9%)	854 → 968 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $45,357 (+34.4%)	$47,813 → $69,375 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $169,100 (+51.4%)	$62,100 → $74,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $807 (+7.9%)	$655 → $760 (+16.0%)

Alfred

Population

4,2934,632

Median household income

$33,750$45,357

Median home value

$111,700$169,100

Median gross rent

$748$807

Andover

Population

854968

Median household income

$47,813$69,375

Median home value

$62,100$74,300

Median gross rent

$655$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfred	Andover
Under 5	1.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	78.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	18.7%
35 to 44	2.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	2.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	2.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	2.8%	10.1%
75 and over	1.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfred	Andover
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	96.7%
Black or African American	10.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfred	Andover
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	5.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	50.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfred	Andover
Drove alone	35.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.2%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	44.6%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	2.4%
Other means	1.1%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfred	Andover
1-unit, detached	46.9%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Alfred	Andover
Poverty rate	32.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1962	1943