Andover is a tiny borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 610 people and four associated neighborhoods, Andover is the 497th largest community in New Jersey. Andover has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Andover is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Andover is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Andover who work in sales jobs (18.90%), office and administrative support (11.87%), and teaching (8.13%). Of important note, Andover is also a borough of artists. Andover has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Andover’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.57% 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. One downside of living in Andover is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Andover, the average commute to work is 38.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small borough, Andover does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Andover is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 42.94% of adults in Andover have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Andover in 2022 was $41,119, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,476 for a family of four. Andover is a very ethnically-diverse borough. 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 Asian. Andover also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.77% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Andover include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Egyptian. Andover also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.11%. The most common language spoken in Andover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
