Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Ayer, MA: what to set up and who to call
Ayer has its own drop-off, Ayer Transfer Station. New voters sign up with the Ayer Town Clerk, which runs Ayer’s elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ayer, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Ayer.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ayer. Its homes paid an average of 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Massachusetts, for customers on its standard service). Massachusetts lets you buy power from another supplier; 64% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.
Start or move service: masselec.com · (972) 505-4700
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ayer Dpw Water Division
Ayer Dpw Water Division supplies almost all of Ayer. It draws ground water (EPA lists Devens Massdevelopment as seller) and serves 8,479 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.9 ppb. That’s higher than 54% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MA2019000.
4 home internet providers serve Ayer
100% of 2,565 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 79% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 60% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 55% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Ayer
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Ayer, from the town’s own site.
Ayer Transfer Station
100 Groton-Harvard Road, Ayer, MA 01432
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum foil and pie plates
- Aluminum, tin, and steel cans and lids
- Beer bottles
- Brown paper bags
- Corrugated cardboard (must be flattened)
- Glass bottles and jars (lids ok)
- Newspaper
- Paper, including junk mail, cereal boxes, magazines, hot/cold cups, etc.
- Plastic bottles, jars, jugs, and tubs (clean and empty, lids ok)
- Bulky/rigid plastic
- Pizza boxes, corrugated cardboard only
Tough Stuff Recycling Facility
145 Authority Drive, Fitchburg, MA
From ayer.ma.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated June 1, 2024. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ayer is in Ayer-Shirley School District.
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ayer spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Ayer residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ayer | ZIP’s residents in Ayer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01432 | Ayer, MA | 97% | 100% |
| 01434 | Devens, MA | 3% | 16% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Ayer
Who supplies Ayer’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ayer Dpw Water Division (EPA ID MA2019000). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ayer?
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ayer?
Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ayer?
01432 (97%), 01434 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ayer in?
Ayer-Shirley School District.
How do I register to vote in Ayer?
In Massachusetts you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Ayer Town Clerk. Check your registration at sec.state.ma.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Ayer’s own website (ayer.ma.us), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.