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Essex County, VT

5,972 Population
662.4 square miles 9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 43 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,221 ±$3,259 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $44,365 ±$525
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$58,985 ±$3,546 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $78,024 ±$1,357
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.3% ±3% (850  ±179) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vermont: 10.3% 63,902 (±0.4% / ±2,288)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

28.4 minutes ±3.2 (66,175  ±8,468) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 23.4 6,579,490 (±0.1 / ±81,792)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,729 ±135 Number of households
  • Vermont: 269,466 ±1,559
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (5,940  ±4) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 620,334
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.8% ±1.8% (30  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 4% 5,652 (±0.4% / ±530)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

4,914 ±36 Number of housing units
  • Vermont: 337,072 ±133
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$167,500 ±$10,478 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Vermont: $290,500 ±$2,466
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9% ±2.4% (534  ±143.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 12.2% 78,305 (±0.5% / ±2,940.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.5% ±4.6% (4,029  ±211.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 94.5% 437,670 (±0.8% / ±3,850.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
21.2% ±2.4% (964  ±110.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 42.6% 197,369 (±0.6% / ±2,637.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% (173  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,968
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.6% ±1.7% (526  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 6.5% 34,076 (±0.2% / ±1,086)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
526 Total veterans ±82 480 Male ±70 46 Female ±32

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