Andover vs Wellsville

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

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

Wellsville has the higher population (4,846 vs 968 in Andover). Andover has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $51,005 in Wellsville). Wellsville has the higher median home value ($88,100 vs $74,300 in Andover).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Wellsville
Population	968	4,846
Median age	41.5 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$51,005
Median home value	$74,300	$88,100
Median gross rent	$760	$635
Housing units	453	2,459
Homeownership rate	79.7%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Wellsville
Population	854 → 968 (+13.3%)	4,437 → 4,846 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $69,375 (+45.1%)	$43,816 → $51,005 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $74,300 (+19.6%)	$61,900 → $88,100 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $760 (+16.0%)	$627 → $635 (+1.3%)

Andover

Population

854968

Median household income

$47,813$69,375

Median home value

$62,100$74,300

Median gross rent

$655$760

Wellsville

Population

4,4374,846

Median household income

$43,816$51,005

Median home value

$61,900$88,100

Median gross rent

$627$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Wellsville
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.1%
75 and over	8.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Wellsville
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	39.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Wellsville
Drove alone	81.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	5.2%
Other means	2.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	85.9%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Wellsville
Poverty rate	11.8%	24.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1943	1941