Essex County, Vermont

Essex County population, land area and income

Essex County had 6,037 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 662.4 square miles of land. It ranks 14th of 14 in Vermont by population and 9th by land area. That works out to 9.1 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Vermont has 37,543 residents, so Essex County has 16% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $58,359 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Essex County's population changed since 2020

Essex County gained 117 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.0%. That ranks 4th of 14 in Vermont for growth. The median Vermont county changed by +1.2%, and the state as a whole by +0.9%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Essex County recorded 175 births and 319 deaths, a natural change of -144. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +263. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 263 people.

Where Essex County is

The Census internal point of Essex County is at 44.724000, -71.732700. It sits in UTM zone 19N. The map shades Vermont's 14 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Essex County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Essex County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Essex County. Its 6,037 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Essex County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Essex County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Grafton County, NH, with 93,045 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NH

  Grafton County, NH

  93,045 people

  55 mi S

• NH

  Coos County, NH

  31,094 people

  22 mi ESE

• Caledonia County

  30,535 people

  26 mi SW

• Orleans County

  27,726 people

  26 mi WNW

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 52.6 miles SW of Essex County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Manchester, NH (population 116,386), 121.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Essex Junction, VT (population 10,787), 69.8 miles away.

Essex County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Essex County is 50009: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $58,359.