Ayer vs Pinehurst

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

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

Pinehurst has the higher population (6,737 vs 3,012 in Ayer). Pinehurst has the higher median household income ($136,406 vs $81,286 in Ayer). Pinehurst has the higher median home value ($585,600 vs $417,300 in Ayer).

Population, income & housing

	Ayer	Pinehurst
Population	3,012	6,737
Median age	48.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,286	$136,406
Median home value	$417,300	$585,600
Median gross rent	$1,228	$1,759
Housing units	1,564	2,374
Homeownership rate	61.8%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayer	Pinehurst
Population	2,910 → 3,012 (+3.5%)	7,283 → 6,737 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$74,659 → $81,286 (+8.9%)	$107,159 → $136,406 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$316,600 → $417,300 (+31.8%)	$413,200 → $585,600 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,228 (+22.1%)	$1,728 → $1,759 (+1.8%)

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

Pinehurst

Population

7,2836,737

Median household income

$107,159$136,406

Median home value

$413,200$585,600

Median gross rent

$1,728$1,759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayer	Pinehurst
Under 5	8.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	26.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.3%
75 and over	6.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayer	Pinehurst
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	76.5%
Black or African American	6.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayer	Pinehurst
No high school diploma	12.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	22.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayer	Pinehurst
Drove alone	80.5%	67.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	9.0%
Public transit	3.8%	4.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayer	Pinehurst
1-unit, detached	48.6%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	33.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ayer	Pinehurst
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1950	1973