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Essex County, VT

5,982 Population
662.4 square miles 9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,657 ±$2,975 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,294 ±$3,865 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±3.4% (828  ±203) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±2.3 (66,210  ±6,704) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,823 ±140 Number of households
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (5,942  ±7) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.2% (44  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,952 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$172,500 ±$8,240 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.8% ±1.7% (343  ±101.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±4.7% (4,118  ±219.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±2.4% (988  ±108.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.1% (186  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±1.5% (465  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
465 Total veterans ±73 423 Male ±70 42 Female ±28

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