Ayer vs Cochituate

A side-by-side comparison of Ayer and Cochituate: population, income, housing, and more.

Ayer and Cochituate are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cochituate has the higher population (6,688 vs 3,012 in Ayer). Cochituate has the higher median household income ($190,938 vs $81,286 in Ayer). Cochituate has the higher median home value ($862,000 vs $417,300 in Ayer).

Population, income & housing

	Ayer	Cochituate
Population	3,012	6,688
Median age	48.0 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,286	$190,938
Median home value	$417,300	$862,000
Median gross rent	$1,228	$1,705
Housing units	1,564	2,529
Homeownership rate	61.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	74.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayer	Cochituate
Population	2,910 → 3,012 (+3.5%)	7,226 → 6,688 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$74,659 → $81,286 (+8.9%)	$162,390 → $190,938 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$316,600 → $417,300 (+31.8%)	$648,600 → $862,000 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,228 (+22.1%)	$784 → $1,705 (+117.5%)

Ayer

Population

2,9103,012

Median household income

$74,659$81,286

Median home value

$316,600$417,300

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,228

Cochituate

Population

7,2266,688

Median household income

$162,390$190,938

Median home value

$648,600$862,000

Median gross rent

$784$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayer	Cochituate
Under 5	8.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	26.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.6%
75 and over	6.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayer	Cochituate
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	75.9%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	14.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayer	Cochituate
No high school diploma	12.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	22.1%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	45.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayer	Cochituate
Drove alone	80.5%	60.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.3%
Public transit	3.8%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	34.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayer	Cochituate
1-unit, detached	48.6%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	33.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ayer	Cochituate
Poverty rate	9.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1950	1957