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County profile

Essex

United States · GDP 2024
#2921 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$182.9M
GDP growth
+2.1%
Jobs tracked
586
Employers
107
Avg. wage
$47.5k
Population
6,051
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$59.3k±$3.9k
Business applications
30 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

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
Manufacturing31%
Food & accommodation20%
Health care17%
Construction14%
Retail trade11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,051
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+362
International migration+0
Natural change−226

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$154.3M
2019
$147.7M
2020
$161.8M
2021
$175.8M
2022
$179.2M
2023
$182.9M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$172.5k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$827/mo±$114/mo
Vacancy rate
43.0%±2.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
10 (1.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
3.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 60Hurricane 56Avalanche 45
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
142
2016
150
2017
157
2018
158
2019
165
2020
180
2021
235
2022
257
2023
328
2024
355
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lincoln$182.7MRoberts$183.5MHitchcock$182.2MTillman$183.7MOsborne$183.8MSchuyler$181.3M
The read

Essex's economy produced $182.9M in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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