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Essex

United States · GDP 2024
#98 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$60.7B
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
287,960
Employers
19,988
Avg. wage
$74.1k
Population
826,653
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$101.9k±$1.5k
Business applications
8,613 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1MKS Inc.Technology$3.9B75B+2Mercury Systems, Inc.Industrials$912.0M56C3Axcelis Technologies, Inc.Technology$839.0M73B4ATN International, Inc.Communication Services$667.1M66B5TransMedics Group, Inc.Healthcare$605.5M77B+6UFP Technologies, Inc.Healthcare$602.8M80B+7Vicor CorporationTechnology$407.7M84B+8Byrna Technologies Inc.Industrials$118.1M66B9Huntwicke Capital Group Inc.Financial Services$7.5M40D10Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc.Healthcare$3.3M——11Annabidiol Corp.Financial Services$011D12EcoPlus, Inc.Industrials———

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care27%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services9%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
826,653
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $86.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−20,560
International migration+33,438
Natural change+5,768

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$47.8B
2019
$47.1B
2020
$51.8B
2021
$55.0B
2022
$58.2B
2023
$60.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$619.1k±$4.0k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$23/mo
Vacancy rate
5.0%±0.3%
Affordability
8.3× wages
Residential permits
942 (1.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
95.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Coastal flooding 98Ice storm 97Lightning 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
904
2016
967
2017
1019
2018
1067
2019
1102
2020
1227
2021
1391
2022
1484
2023
1571
2024
1647
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

32 filings from 8 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KByrna Technologies Inc.07-09
10-QByrna Technologies Inc.07-09
8-KByrna Technologies Inc.07-08
8-KVicor Corporation06-23
8-KByrna Technologies Inc.06-18
8-KATN International, Inc.06-17
8-KByrna Technologies Inc.06-15
8-KUFP Technologies, Inc.06-10
8-KUFP Technologies, Inc.06-08
8-KUFP Technologies, Inc.06-05
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$74.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Worcester$60.9BKent$60.3BChester$60.2BSnohomish$62.0BDeKalb$59.3BTulsa$59.3B
The read

Essex's economy produced $60.7B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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