Andover vs Bolivar

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

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

Bolivar has the higher population (1,108 vs 968 in Andover). Andover has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $53,317 in Bolivar). Andover has the higher median home value ($74,300 vs $66,400 in Bolivar).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Bolivar
Population	968	1,108
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$53,317
Median home value	$74,300	$66,400
Median gross rent	$760	$505
Housing units	453	487
Homeownership rate	79.7%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Bolivar
Population	854 → 968 (+13.3%)	874 → 1,108 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $69,375 (+45.1%)	$40,563 → $53,317 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $74,300 (+19.6%)	$68,200 → $66,400 (-2.6%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $760 (+16.0%)	$680 → $505 (-25.7%)

Andover

Population

854968

Median household income

$47,813$69,375

Median home value

$62,100$74,300

Median gross rent

$655$760

Bolivar

Population

8741,108

Median household income

$40,563$53,317

Median home value

$68,200$66,400

Median gross rent

$680$505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Bolivar
Under 5	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.0%
75 and over	8.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Bolivar
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Bolivar
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Bolivar
Drove alone	81.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.3%
Other means	2.9%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Bolivar
1-unit, detached	85.9%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Bolivar
Poverty rate	11.8%	19.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1943	1938