County profile
Essex County, VT
United States · GDP 2024
#2921 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$182.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
586
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
107
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,051
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$59.3k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
21.5%±2.5%
Poverty rate
13.8%±3.4%
Business applications
30 · 2025
Retail establishments
9
15.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$154.3M2019
$147.7M2020
$161.8M2021
$175.8M2022
$179.2M2023
$182.9M2024
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
$2.9M
10 units · 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
1422016
1502017
1572018
1582019
1652020
1802021
2352022
2572023
3282024
3552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -80% since 2021512021
92022
182023
142024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.4 km
I-91
Nearest freight rail
4.4 km
SLR
Nearest port
120.8 km
FERRY DOCK BURLINGTON VT
Nearest commercial airport
115.7 km
PATRICK LEAHY BURLINGTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Essex?
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.