Andover is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 944 people and three associated neighborhoods, Andover is the 584th largest community in Ohio. Andover has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.68% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in Andover is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Andover has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Andover has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Andover than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Andover may be for you.
Being a small village, Andover does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Andover, just 8.45% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Andover in 2022 was $25,762, which is low income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,048 for a family of four. However, Andover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Andover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Andover residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Andover include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Andover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.