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Essex town, Chittenden County, VT

11,486 Population
34.3 square miles 334.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chittenden County: 37 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Vermont: 43 ±0.2

Economics

$51,746 ±$4,278 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chittenden County: $50,552 ±$1,189
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Vermont: $44,365 ±$525
$98,864 ±$17,952 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chittenden County: $94,310 ±$2,768
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Vermont: $78,024 ±$1,357

6.5% ±3.2% (747  ±362) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chittenden County: 10.4% 16,606 (±0.9% / ±1,365)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 10.3% 63,902 (±0.4% / ±2,288)

22.9 minutes ±2.2 (113,145  ±16,847) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Chittenden County: 21.7 1,682,280 (±0.5 / ±54,758)
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 23.4 6,579,490 (±0.1 / ±81,792)

Families

4,898 ±271 Number of households
  • Chittenden County: 70,443 ±586
  • Vermont: 269,466 ±1,559
2.3 ±0.1 (11,423  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chittenden County: 2.3 158,554 (±0 / ±141)
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 2.3 620,334

3.4% ±2.2% (92  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chittenden County: 4% † 1,749 (±0.7% / ±321)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 4% 5,652 (±0.4% / ±530)

Housing

4,921 ±273 Number of housing units
  • Chittenden County: 74,025 ±204
  • Vermont: 337,072 ±133

$422,000 ±$16,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Chittenden County: $404,500 ±$9,815
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Vermont: $290,500 ±$2,466

7.8% ±3.1% (886  ±354.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chittenden County: 18.1% 30,190 (±1.1% / ±1,912)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 12.2% 78,305 (±0.5% / ±2,940.1)

Social

97.9% ±7.1% (7,869  ±718.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chittenden County: 95.5% 108,575 (±2% / ±2,263.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vermont: 94.5% 437,670 (±0.8% / ±3,850.8)
56.5% ±6.1% (4,545  ±551.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chittenden County: 55.8% 63,437 (±1.4% / ±1,632.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vermont: 42.6% 197,369 (±0.6% / ±2,637.6)

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

11.8% ±4.7% (1,356  ±544) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chittenden County: 8% 13,565
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,968

5.6% ±1.7% (493  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chittenden County: 4.9% 6,762 (±0.3% / ±447)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 6.5% 34,076 (±0.2% / ±1,086)
493 Total veterans ±153 493 Male ±153 N/A Female ±16

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