Andrews is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 9,577 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Andrews is the 226th largest community in Texas.

When you are in Andrews, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.6% of Andrews's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Andrews is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Andrews who work in sales jobs (11.14%), teaching (10.48%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.75%).

One of the benefits of Andrews is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.82 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Andrews is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Andrews, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.6% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small city, Andrews does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Andrews Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Andrews with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.84% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Andrews in 2000 was $16,101, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $64,404 for a family of four.

Andrews is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Andrews home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Andrews is White, followed by African-American. Andrews also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 41.84% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Andrews include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Andrews is English. Some people also speak Spanish.