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Essex

United States · GDP 2024
#1157 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
GDP growth
+8.0%
Jobs tracked
10,192
Employers
1,186
Avg. wage
$52.4k
Population
36,438
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$71.7k±$4.3k
Business applications
327 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.Financial Services———

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
Food & accommodation26%
Health care25%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing12%
Construction12%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,438
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $62.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+316
International migration+207
Natural change−1,353

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.9B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$2.2B
2023
$2.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$211.9k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$934/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
35.9%±1.6%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
188 (5.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
62.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 98Avalanche 81Lightning 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
204
2016
209
2017
216
2018
228
2019
236
2020
263
2021
308
2022
331
2023
359
2024
363
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.2 km
I-87
Nearest freight rail
23.3 km
SNC
Nearest port
40.0 km
ESSEX. NY FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
45.6 km
ADIRONDACK RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.06-02
DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.05-22
8-KBlackRock Income Trust, Inc.01-21
DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.06-05
DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.05-23
DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.06-03
DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.06-08
DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.06-09
DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.06-11
DEF 14ABlackRock Income Trust, Inc.06-06
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Gallia$2.3BMercer$2.3BKay$2.3BPittsburg$2.3BWest Baton Rouge$2.3BMifflin$2.3B
The read

Essex's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 8.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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