Andover’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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 6.05% 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 2018 was $21,660, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,640 for a family of four.
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 German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Andover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
