Work & commute · Andover

Work & commute in Andover, MA

Most working residents leave Andover for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Lawrence (4%) and Woburn (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

2,418 of 15,046 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,628 Andover residents head out of town to work, 2,418 work right here, and 31,927 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Andover.

12,628live here, work elsewhere

2,418live and work here

31,927work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Andover goes to work

Andover (in town)right here

16%2,418

Boston23.1 mi away

12%1,804

Lawrence3.6 mi away

4%553

Woburn11 mi away

3%525

Cambridge18.9 mi away

3%473

Burlington10.2 mi away

3%436

Lowell8.1 mi away

3%419

North Andover4 mi away

3%411

Wilmington5.8 mi away

3%386

Tewksbury4.1 mi away

2%271

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%7,350

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Andover commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

44%

12%

39%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Andover is a job hub

2.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Andover are

34,345 jobs are based in Andover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Andover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Andover

34,345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Andover residents hold

15,046 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+5%

Jobs based in Andover, 2013 → 2023: 32,656 → 34,345. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.