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Mashpee vs Andover
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Massachusetts.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Mashpee has the most affordable homes ($562k median).
Andover has the most people working from home (30.4%).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Mashpee | Andover |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 15,384Lowest |
36,652Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +7.5%Lowest MA: +7.4% |
+10.1%Highest MA: +7.4% |
| Median age | 55.9±1.8Highest 40% above MA |
42.9±1Lowest 7% above MA |
| Kids under 18 | 14.7%±2.3Lowest MA: 19.4% |
23.6%±1.8Highest MA: 19.4% |
| Age 65+ | 33.1%±2.9Highest MA: 17.9% |
16%±1.3Lowest MA: 17.9% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 44.3%Lowest MA: 47.3% |
75.6%Highest MA: 47.3% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 4.5%±1.4Lowest MA: 7.9% |
8.1%±0.8Highest MA: 7.9% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $95,299±$13kLowest 8% below MA |
$172,606±$16kHighest 66% above MA |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $562,200±$29kLowest about the MA average |
$855,600±$22kHighest 52% above MA |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,776±$330Lowest about the MA average |
$2,201±$129Highest 25% above MA |
| Andover and Mashpee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $3,762Lowest 37% below MA |
$10,000+Highest at least 67% above MA |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 44.7%±14.5Highest MA: 51.8% |
39.7%±7.7Lowest MA: 51.8% |
| Mashpee and Andover are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 5.5%Highest MA: 10% |
2.9%Lowest MA: 10% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 81.9%Highest MA: 62.5% |
79.9%Lowest MA: 62.5% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1988Highest 24 yrs newer than MA |
1973Lowest 9 yrs newer than MA |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 27 minLowest 6% below MA |
29 minHighest about the MA average |
| Work from home | 14.5%±3Lowest MA: 18.6% |
30.4%±2.1Highest MA: 18.6% |
| Schools | ||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #100 of 282 in MA | #68 of 282 in MA |
| School district | Mashpee | Andover · Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical |
| High school in town | Mashpee Middle-High School | Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 9.6Lowest |
12.8Highest |
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| Old photos in History | None yet | None yet |
MA average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.