Andover is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 948 people and three associated neighborhoods, Andover is the 584th largest community in Ohio. Andover has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.Andover is a blue-collar town, with 41.58% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 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%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Andover has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Andover a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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.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.
