Andover vs Houghton

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

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

Houghton has the higher population (1,685 vs 968 in Andover). Houghton has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $69,375 in Andover). Houghton has the higher median home value ($153,300 vs $74,300 in Andover).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Houghton
Population	968	1,685
Median age	41.5 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$87,188
Median home value	$74,300	$153,300
Median gross rent	$760	$975
Housing units	453	323
Homeownership rate	79.7%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Houghton
Population	854 → 968 (+13.3%)	1,639 → 1,685 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $69,375 (+45.1%)	$62,188 → $87,188 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $74,300 (+19.6%)	$119,200 → $153,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $760 (+16.0%)	$642 → $975 (+51.9%)

Andover

Population

854968

Median household income

$47,813$69,375

Median home value

$62,100$74,300

Median gross rent

$655$760

Houghton

Population

1,6391,685

Median household income

$62,188$87,188

Median home value

$119,200$153,300

Median gross rent

$642$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Houghton
Under 5	4.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	51.5%
25 to 34	18.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	5.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	19.8%	4.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	4.0%
75 and over	8.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Houghton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Houghton
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	41.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Houghton
Drove alone	81.2%	40.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	37.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.4%	15.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Houghton
1-unit, detached	85.9%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Houghton
Poverty rate	11.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.66	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1943	1967