Ayer is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 9,010 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ayer is the 196th largest community in Massachusetts.Ayer is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.71% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Ayer is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ayer who work in office and administrative support (11.89%), sales jobs (11.81%), and management occupations (9.34%). Also of interest is that Ayer has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.61% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Ayer, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.89 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Ayer ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Ayer, 42.32% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Ayer in 2022 was $58,385, which is middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $233,540 for a family of four. However, Ayer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ayer is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ayer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ayer residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ayer also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ayer include Irish, English, Italian, German, and French. The most common language spoken in Ayer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
