Andrews nabbed among list of Top 10 affordable small cities ANDREWS – Though the cost of living is not necessarily cheap here, Andrews recently was selected by a realtor.com data team as one of the Top 10 affordable small towns in the country. Andrews actually ranked 10th on the list compiled from around 500 U.S. Census-designated micropolitan areas. An article on the list was headlined with the following: Small-town America is making a big comeback. The Top 10 list was based on criteria involving median home list prices, low unemployment rates, low violent crime, low property crime rate, home affordability and two-year home price ...