Essex Junction

Population & Demographics

Essex Junction, VT

Essex Junction is home to 10,803 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 5,995 resident workers commute each day.

VermontCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
10,803
people
Population

10,803 residents

Median age 39.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Essex Junction population & demographics

Who lives in Essex Junction — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
10,803
Median age
39.3yrs
Median household income
$89,257
Median home value
$407,500
Median gross rent
$1,544/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
52.4%
Poverty rate
9.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Essex Junction

How Essex Junction breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White81.9%
Asian5.7%
Hispanic or Latino5.0%
Black4.8%
Two or more races2.6%

Race across Essex Junction

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Essex Junction.

Essex Junction at a glance
Employed Residents
5,995
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
11.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
16.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Burlington
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Essex Junction proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Essex Junction commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

76 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Essex Junction

5,995 commutes, one dot at a time

Essex Junction

Where 5,995 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Essex Junction, by worker count.

1Burlington5.4 mi1,363
2South Burlington4.4 mi883
3Essex Junction0.0 mi692
4Winooski3.6 mi158
5Shelburne8.8 mi83
6Montpelier31.1 mi63
7White River Junction70.1 mi50
8St. Albans22.1 mi42

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Essex Junction.

1Essex Junction0.0 mi692
2Burlington5.4 mi456
3South Burlington4.4 mi416
4Winooski3.6 mi140
5Milton9.7 mi109
6Shelburne8.8 mi80
7St. Albans22.1 mi69
8Barre36.3 mi53

Top industries

The sectors that employ Essex Junction’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing46.6%
EDEducational Services10.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.6%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance6.3%
PAPublic Administration5.5%
RTRetail Trade4.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.4%
COConstruction2.4%
Connectivity

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