Essex County, Vermont

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,539 92.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 60 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 240 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 41 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%

• Under 18 999 16.7%
• 18–24 394 6.6%
• 25–44 1,139 19.0%
• 45–64 1,799 30.1%
• 65 and over 1,651 27.6%

Median household income

$56,992

90% interval $50,410–$63,574

−$25,844 vs VT · 14th of 14

Below poverty line

13.8%

90% interval 10.2%–17.4%

+4.5 pp vs VT · 1st of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+1.12 pp vs. state

County GDP

$182.9M

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,118

Establishments

190

• Education & health services 115 10.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 113 10.7%
• Public administration 70 6.6%
• Professional & business services 60 5.7%

The sectors listed cover 33.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.4%

+9.2 pp vs VT · 3rd of 14

Median gross rent

$827

−$407 vs VT · 14th of 14

Owner-occupied

2,327

Renter-occupied

496

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 28% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.4× the lowest ($94,558 vs $38,705/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 5.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $139,896 average in Public administration is BLS's published figure for 70 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 1,890 55.4%
• Democratic 1,344 39.4%
• Other / third-party 176 5.2%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 250 4.3%
• Spanish 47 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 29 0.5%
• Chinese 26 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 3 0.1%
• Korean 3 0.1%

Households

2,823

Family households

1,630

57.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

333

20.4% of families

Single-mother families

168

10.3% of families

Veterans

465

9.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 802 13.5%
• Mainline Protestant 108 1.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 100 1.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6 0.1%

Health insured

95.1%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

4.9%

±1.3 pp

3rd of 14

With a disability

22.2%

±2.2 pp

1st of 14

Bachelor's or higher

21.5%

±2.5 pp

−22.3 pp vs VT · 14th of 14

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.6%–7.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Essex County Superior Court

Judges

1 (Vermont Superior Court Judge, approximate primary/resident assignment per county unit (Civil + Criminal Division combined). VT has ~33 Judges statewide who rotate assignments among the 14 county units under a unified bench (4 V.S.A. § 30), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 vermontjudiciary.org roster.)

Court seats

Guildhall

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0