Andover, Kansas.
Typical home $331,433 (+2.5% in a year), asking rent $1,734 . Wichita, KS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$899 (+107%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,115 +3%
- $323,318$331,433 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $65,803 +25%
- $265,630$331,433 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Andover$1,740
- Kansas$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Andover, KS rose 2.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Andover, Butler County, Kansas
Andover is a city of 14,892 people in Butler County. Half its households earn more than $104,787 a year and half less, against $81,610 across Butler County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Butler County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Andover is a city in Butler County, Kansas, on the eastern edge of the Wichita area. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run well above the county's. Residents are younger than in many American towns, and a majority of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, summers are hot, and the year brings a moderate amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in manufacturing, professional and business services, and shops. The largest workplaces in Andover include Andover Schools, Kansas Medical Center and Dillon Stores. Some residents work from home, and the typical commute is a modest one.
Things to do. A short drive away, the Whitewater River offers time outdoors, and Joyland Amusement Park is a fun outing for families. The Kansas Aviation Museum is also a short drive away. For a longer day out, the Sedgwick County Zoo is a longer drive away.
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- 5,269households
- 52%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Butler County had 19,973 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 69°. About 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wichita Jabara Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Andover
- Andover SchoolsSchool district612FTE
- Kansas Medical CenterGeneral hospital297FTE
- Dillon StoresWarehouse clubs and supercenters223
- Vornado AirFans, household-type electric, manufacturing138
- The Sherwin-Williams CompanyPaint and coating manufacturing137
- Life Care Center of AndoverSkilled nursing facilities133
- First Student86
- SPF LogisticsExpress delivery services80
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,134 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Andover’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Butler County and the Wichita, KS metro.
Andover home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Andover$331,433
- Kansas$246,055
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Andover listings, and the typical home goes pending in 20 days — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Andover19.13%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Andover20
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Andover99
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Andover27
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Andover$334,247
- United States$371,553
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Andover99.17%
Zip codes with a Andover address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Andover — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.