Ayer vs Littleton Common

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

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

Ayer has the higher population (3,012 vs 2,838 in Littleton Common). Littleton Common has the higher median household income ($129,347 vs $81,286 in Ayer). Littleton Common has the higher median home value ($551,800 vs $417,300 in Ayer).

Population, income & housing

	Ayer	Littleton Common
Population	3,012	2,838
Median age	48.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,286	$129,347
Median home value	$417,300	$551,800
Median gross rent	$1,228	$1,604
Housing units	1,564	1,198
Homeownership rate	61.8%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	55.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayer	Littleton Common
Population	2,910 → 3,012 (+3.5%)	3,293 → 2,838 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$74,659 → $81,286 (+8.9%)	$107,907 → $129,347 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$316,600 → $417,300 (+31.8%)	$358,500 → $551,800 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,228 (+22.1%)	$1,007 → $1,604 (+59.3%)

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

Littleton Common

Population

3,2932,838

Median household income

$107,907$129,347

Median home value

$358,500$551,800

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayer	Littleton Common
Under 5	8.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	11.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	26.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.3%
75 and over	6.8%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayer	Littleton Common
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	81.7%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayer	Littleton Common
No high school diploma	12.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	22.1%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayer	Littleton Common
Drove alone	80.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	2.4%
Public transit	3.8%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayer	Littleton Common
1-unit, detached	48.6%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	33.4%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ayer	Littleton Common
Poverty rate	9.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1950	1958