Work & commute · Andover

Work & commute in Andover, NY

Most working residents leave Andover for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wellsville (27%), Alfred (7%) and Hornell (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 352 Andover residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Andover.

352live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Andover goes to work

Wellsville7.1 mi away

27%100

Alfred5.3 mi away

7%27

Hornell13.9 mi away

5%17

Olean33.1 mi away

4%14

Andover0.9 mi away

4%14

Hornellsville13.7 mi away

3%10

Buffalo74.3 mi away

2%8

Amherst76.7 mi away

2%8

Independence7.9 mi away

2%8

North Dansville28.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%153

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.

43%

14%

28%

43%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Andover is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Andover are

212 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

212 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Andover residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+51%

Jobs based in Andover, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 212. 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.