Ayer vs Pepperell

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

Ayer and Pepperell 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 1,887 in Pepperell). Ayer has the higher median household income ($81,286 vs $76,196 in Pepperell). Ayer has the higher median home value ($417,300 vs $399,700 in Pepperell).

Population, income & housing

	Ayer	Pepperell
Population	3,012	1,887
Median age	48.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,286	$76,196
Median home value	$417,300	$399,700
Median gross rent	$1,228	$1,117
Housing units	1,564	960
Homeownership rate	61.8%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayer	Pepperell
Population	2,910 → 3,012 (+3.5%)	2,826 → 1,887 (-33.2%)
Median household income	$74,659 → $81,286 (+8.9%)	$81,675 → $76,196 (-6.7%)
Median home value	$316,600 → $417,300 (+31.8%)	$289,600 → $399,700 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,228 (+22.1%)	$986 → $1,117 (+13.3%)

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

Pepperell

Population

2,8261,887

Median household income

$81,675$76,196

Median home value

$289,600$399,700

Median gross rent

$986$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayer	Pepperell
Under 5	8.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	26.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.0%
75 and over	6.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayer	Pepperell
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	78.5%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayer	Pepperell
No high school diploma	12.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.1%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayer	Pepperell
Drove alone	80.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.3%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayer	Pepperell
1-unit, detached	48.6%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	33.4%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	10.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ayer	Pepperell
Poverty rate	9.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.05	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1950	1972