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. Much of the housing stock in Andover was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Andover is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.58% of the Andover workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Andover is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Andover who work in sales jobs (19.00%), personal care services (7.17%), and office and administrative support (6.09%). A relatively large number of people in Andover telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.68% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Andover is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Andover has a very low overall level of education: only 8.45% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. 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.
