What is the population of Essex Junction city?

Essex Junction city has 10,720 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #4 of 179 in Vermont.

What is the median household income in Essex Junction city?

Median household income in Essex Junction city is $94,423 a year, 20.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Essex Junction city?

Median gross rent is $1,439 a month and the median home value is $376,800, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Essex Junction city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Essex Junction city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Essex Junction, VT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Essex Junction, Vermont (Essex Junction, VT — Census place “Essex Junction city”) is 10,720 residents, ranking #4 of 179 places in Vermont. Median household income is $94,423, the median home is worth $376,800 and median gross rent runs $1,439 a month. Looking for the Essex Junction Vermont ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Essex Junction, VT: 05452.

Population: 10,720Essex Junction city residents
Median household income: $94,423Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $376,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,439Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.3%Owner-occupied households

Essex Junction ZIP codes (Vermont)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Essex Junction.

The Essex Junction VT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

05452

What the numbers mean in Essex Junction city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Essex Junction city median would spend about 18.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.6% of residents and 61.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Essex Junction city, VT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Essex Junction city is a mid-size town in Vermont, with 10,720 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #4 of 179 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 40.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Essex Junction city earn a median of $94,423 a year, 20.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 43% above the $65,898 median for the 48 Vermont cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 6.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Essex Junction city is valued at $376,800, 24.2% above the national figure and 54% above the $245,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,439 a month, 2.3% above the national figure, or roughly $17,268 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 61.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Essex Junction city?: Essex Junction city has 10,720 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #4 of 179 in Vermont.
What is the median household income in Essex Junction city?: Median household income in Essex Junction city is $94,423 a year, 20.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Essex Junction city?: Median gross rent is $1,439 a month and the median home value is $376,800, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Essex Junction city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Essex Junction city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Essex Junction city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.