The median home value in Ayer, MA is $578,905 as of 2026-06-30, up 2.42% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$578,905
Year-over-Year
+2.42%
Population
8,729
Ayer ranks #84 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 13.4% below the state's city median of $668,110. It sits in Middlesex County, where the county-wide median is $833,018.
Ayer police recorded a violent crime rate of 309 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 367 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Ayer is $578,905. That's up 2.42% from a year earlier. That is about 13.4% below the typical county in Massachusetts.
Homes in Ayer are cheaper than Middlesex County as a whole, where the median is $833,018 — a difference of about 30.5%.
Ayer police reported 309 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,729. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.