It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Andrews 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. Andrews has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Andrews than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Andrews may be for you.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.99 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small town, Andrews doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Andrews with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.32% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Andrews in 2022 was $23,130, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,520 for a family of four. However, Andrews contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Andrews is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Andrews home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Andrews residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Andrews also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.89% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Andrews include Irish, German, English, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Andrews is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
