County profile
Essex County, MA
United States · GDP 2024
#98 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$60.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
287,960
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
19,988
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$74.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
826,653
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$101.9k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
43.0%±0.7%
Poverty rate
9.4%±0.4%
Business applications
8,613 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,499
30.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1MKS Inc.Technology$3.9B75B+2Mercury Systems, Inc.Industrials$912.0M57C3Axcelis Technologies, Inc.Technology$839.0M73B4ATN International, Inc.Communication Services$667.1M66B5TransMedics Group, Inc.Healthcare$605.5M77B+6UFP Technologies, Inc.Healthcare$602.8M80B+7Vicor CorporationTechnology$407.7M83B+8Byrna Technologies Inc.Industrials$118.1M67B9Huntwicke Capital Group Inc.Financial Services$7.5M——10Caliber 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
$47.8B2019
$47.1B2020
$51.8B2021
$55.0B2022
$58.2B2023
$60.7B2024
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
$275.6M
942 units · 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
9042016
9672017
10192018
10672019
11022020
12272021
13912022
14842023
15712024
16472025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -45% since 20211,7032021
8562022
1,1402023
1,0112024
9422025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.0 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
17.6 km
BLANEY STREET PIER SALEM FERRY
Nearest commercial airport
34.6 km
GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR11 filings from 4 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$74.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Essex?
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.