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AndoverMA averageUS Census ACS
Population
9,261
Per-capita income
$70,374
Median home value
$719,900
Bachelor's or higher
68%
Typical home value $1,008,673 +2.7% yr/yr · +31.2% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
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Municipal budget

US Census Annual Survey of Local Government Finances
Total revenue$256.2M (FY2023)
Total spending$242.3M (FY2023)
Taxes$187.8M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$333.6M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$6,635 (FY2023)
🗳️ How this town voted (55 contests)
Official town-by-town returns — MA Secretary of the Commonwealth (PD43+). ✓ marks this town's plurality choice.
U.S. Senate 2024-11-05
Elizabeth Ann Warren ✓ 12,105 · John Deaton 7,988
U.S. House — 6th Congressional 2024-11-05
Seth W. Moulton ✓ 15,443
State Senate — 2nd Essex and Middlesex 2024-11-05
Barry R. Finegold ✓ 15,249
State Representative — 17th Essex 2024-11-05
Frank A. Moran ✓ 4,042
State Representative — 18th Essex 2024-11-05
Tram T. Nguyen ✓ 11,037
Register of Deeds — Essex Northern 2024-11-05
M. Paul Iannuccillo ✓ 14,934
President 2024-11-05
Harris/ Walz ✓ 13,115 · Trump/ Vance 6,690 · Stein/ Caballero-Roca 174 · Oliver/ Ter Maat 118 · Ayyadurai/ Ellis 115 · De La Cruz/ Garcia 51
Governor's Council — 5th 2024-11-05
Eunice Delice Zeigler ✓ 9,963 · Anne M. Manning-Martin 6,599 · Jody A. Elliott 1,728
Clerk of Courts — Essex County 2024-11-05
Thomas H. Driscoll, Jr. ✓ 11,917 · Doris V. Rodriguez 3,085 · Todd R. Angilly 2,342
U.S. Senate 2024-09-03
John Deaton ✓ 720 · Robert J. Antonellis 333 · Ian Cain 114
U.S. Senate 2024-09-03
Elizabeth Ann Warren ✓ 2,999
U.S. House — 6th Congressional 2024-09-03
Seth W. Moulton ✓ 2,997

Recent meetings

Mon Mar 23, 2026

Boards and Commissions Training with Manny - 2-27-2026

Tue Mar 3, 2026

Boards and Commissions Training with Manny - 3-2-2026

Fri Jan 30, 2026

Boards and Commissions Training Video

💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$5.6BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · TEN FIRE UNITS FOR QATAR
$2.9BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · UNDEFINITIED CONTRACT (UCA) FOR LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE SYS
$2.0BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · REQUIREMENT FOR PATRIOT M903 LAUNCHING STATIONS.
$1.3BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · FY 09 ENGINEERING SERVICES BASIC AWARD
$1.2BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · THIS REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FIVE (5) PATRIOT FIRING UNI
$1.0BRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense
$841.7MRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · SPAIN PRODUCTION UCA
$786.8MRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · MATERIAL CONSOLIDATION POINT
$786.7MRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · PURE FLEET TEST EQUIPMENT AND NRE EFFORT
$664.3MRAYTHEON COMPANY
Department of Defense · ROMANIA PRODUCTION UCA

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (Essex County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities2 (2024)
Business establishments19,988 (287,960 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,963/mo (189 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy19.0% (low numeracy 26% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

$256.2M
Annual budget
$333.6M
Debt outstanding

The money — in

source: Census gov-finance & state comptroller

Budget

Revenue$256.2M
Spending$242.3M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.

Debt load HIGH

Outstanding debt$333.6M
Debt-to-revenue1.30×
Debt-load index71 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.483
All kids
0.449
Black kids
0.381

Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.

Where it’s happening

geocoded land-use decisions
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