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Population (year 2000): 1,426
Males: 696  (48.8%)
Females: 730  (51.2%)

Essex County

Median resident age:  40.6 years
Massachusetts median age:  36.5 years

Zip codes: 01929.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $57,700 (it was $52,039 in 2000)
Essex  $57,700
Massachusetts:  $57,184

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $466,800 (it was $268,600 in 2000)
Essex  $466,800
Massachusetts:  $361,500

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Races in Essex:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.0%)
  • Hispanic (1.0%)

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Ancestries: English (27.1%), Irish (20.8%), French (12.8%), Italian (9.3%), German (8.4%), French Canadian (6.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1819

Elevation: 26 feet

Land area: 2.09 square miles.

Population density: 683 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Essex

  • High school or higher: 88.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 13.9%
  • Unemployed: 2.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Essex CDP

  • Never married: 18.3%
  • Now married: 56.5%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 12.1%
  • Divorced: 13.1%

60 residents are foreign born (2.1% Oceania, 1.1% Europe, 1.0% North America).

This place:  4.2%
Massachusetts:  12.2%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Essex, Massachusetts in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Essex to the number of sex offenders is 1426 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Essex:  1.0% ($2,605)
Massachusetts:  1.3% ($2,336)

Essex satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lynn, MA (16.3 miles , pop. 89,050).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (30.2 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (245.8 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA (3.8 miles ), Ipswich, MA (5.2 miles ), Hamilton, MA (6.0 miles ), Wenham, MA (7.0 miles ), Gloucester, MA (7.1 miles ), Beverly, MA (8.2 miles ), Rowley, MA (9.0 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 1 building, cost: $210,000
  • 1997: 14 buildings, average cost: $179,200
  • 1998: 4 buildings, average cost: $183,800
  • 1999: 9 buildings, average cost: $182,700
  • 2000: 17 buildings, average cost: $303,600
  • 2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $242,500
  • 2002: 12 buildings, average cost: $422,100
  • 2003: 9 buildings, average cost: $241,100
  • 2004: 12 buildings, average cost: $239,800
  • 2005: 6 buildings, average cost: $305,000
  • 2006: 13 buildings, average cost: $257,300
  • 2007: 7 buildings, average cost: $282,300

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Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 42.63 N, Longitude: 70.78 W


Area code: 978

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Chemicals (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Health care (6%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (17%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Business operations specialists (6%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
  • Life and physical scientists (4%)


Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 12 (8 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  5.61
US city average:  3.00

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Essex-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Massachusetts state average. It is 50% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/9/1953, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 26.8 miles away from the Essex place center injured 5 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 9/29/1974, a category 3 tornado 28.9 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Essex:
  • LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; LAWRENCE, MA)
  • BEVERLY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; BEVERLY, MA)
  • SALEM HOSPITAL CORPORATION,THE (about 12 miles; SALEM, MA)

Political contributions by individuals in Essex, MA

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Essex:
  • GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (about 25 miles; BOSTON, MA; ID: BOS)
  • PEASE INTERNATIONAL TRADEPORT (about 30 miles; PORTSMOUTH, NH; ID: PSM)
  • LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (about 37 miles; BEDFORD, MA; ID: BED)
Other public-use airports nearest to Essex:
  • BEVERLY MUNI (about 9 miles; BEVERLY, MA; ID: BVY)
  • PLUM ISLAND (about 12 miles; NEWBURYPORT, MA; ID: 2B2)
  • HAMPTON AIRFIELD (about 23 miles; HAMPTON, NH; ID: 7B3)

Operable nuclear power plant near Essex:
  • 19 miles: Seabrook in Seabrook, NH.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Essex:
  • SALEM STATE COLLEGE (about 12 miles; SALEM, MA; Full-time enrollment: 5,917)
  • NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; DANVERS, MA; FT enrollment: 3,663)
  • NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; HAVERHILL, MA; FT enrollment: 3,388)
  • MERRIMACK COLLEGE (about 24 miles; NORTH ANDOVER, MA; FT enrollment: 2,384)
  • BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT enrollment: 3,638)
  • TUFTS UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; MEDFORD, MA; FT enrollment: 8,627)
  • SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT enrollment: 5,291)
Public elementary/middle school in Essex:
  • ESSEX ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE (Students: 282; Location: 12 STORY STREET; Grades: Primary Kindergarten Enrollment-6th grade Enrollment)
Library in Essex:
  • T.O.H.P. BURNHAM FREE LIBRARY (Operating income: $54,179; Location: MARTIN ST.; 13,399 books; 311 audio materials; 455 video materials; 30 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Essex: Essex Town Hall (A), Essex Shipbuilding Museum (B), Essex Ship Building Museum (C), Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum Archives (D), Essex Historical Society Building (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Church in Essex: First Congregational Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ebben Creek (A), Alewife Brook (B), Soginese Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Essex Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotel: Essex River House Motel (132 Main Street).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Essex and their reported violations in the past:

ESSEX WATER DEPT. (Population served: 957, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 50 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This place:  2.5 people
Massachusetts:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  65.4%
Whole state:  64.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.2%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.9% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  5.7%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.1%
Whole state:  4.4%

Essex compared to Massachusetts state average:

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  • Median house value significantly above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age above state average.


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Banks with branches in Essex (2007 data):
  • TD BankNorth, National Association: Essex Branch at 15 Martin Street, branch established on 1967-11-20. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $39,581.7 mil, Deposits: $27,193.6 mil, headquarters in Portland, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 618 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The
  • The First National Bank of Ipswich: Essex Branch at 8-10 Martin Street, branch established on 1957-04-15. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $331.9 mil, Deposits: $269.4 mil, headquarters in Ipswich, MA, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 11 total offices, Holding Company: First Ipswich Bancorp



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5.06% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,508 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.06%
Massachusetts average:  6.31%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($565 average AGI)
Essex County:  0.09%
Massachusetts average:  0.28%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Middlesex County, MA  1.65% ($62,439 average AGI)
from Suffolk County, MA  0.90% ($54,644)
from Rockingham County, NH  0.35% ($42,167)


5.73% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($52,620 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.73%
Massachusetts average:  6.91%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($831 average AGI)
Essex County:  0.08%
Massachusetts average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Middlesex County, MA  1.26% ($47,527 average AGI)
to Rockingham County, NH  0.72% ($57,207)
to Suffolk County, MA  0.57% ($50,542)


Strongest AM radio stations in Essex:
  • WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WNSH (1570 AM; 5 kW; BEVERLY, MA)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WROL (950 AM; 5 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WRCA (1330 AM; 25 kW; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: WRCA LICENSE, LLC)
  • WEZE (590 AM; 5 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL MEDIA, INC.)
  • WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WUNR (1600 AM; 20 kW; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: CHAMPION BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, INC.)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Essex:
  • WBOQ (104.9 FM; GLOUCESTER, MA; Owner: MARLIN BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WQSX (93.7 FM; LAWRENCE, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WXKS-FM (107.9 FM; MEDFORD, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WMJX (106.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WXRV (92.5 FM; HAVERHILL, MA; Owner: BEANPOT BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WBMX (98.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WJMN (94.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WBOS (92.9 FM; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WCRB (102.5 FM; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER BROADCASTING WCRB LICE)
  • WTKK (96.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WROR-FM (105.7 FM; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • W267AI (101.3 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: MCC BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WBCN (104.1 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: HEMISPHERE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WZLX (100.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF BOSTON)
  • WERS (88.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: EMERSON COLLEGE)
  • WGBH (89.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WBUR-FM (90.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
  • WHRB (95.3 FM; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: HARVARD RADIO BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WKLB-FM (99.5 FM; LOWELL, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WODS (103.3 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Essex:
  • WHDN-LP (Channel 26; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GUENTER MARKSTEINER)
  • WCVB-TV (Channel 5; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WCVB HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
  • WGBH-TV (Channel 2; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WBPX (Channel 68; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)
  • WHDH-TV (Channel 7; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WHDH-TV)
  • WMFP (Channel 62; LAWRENCE, MA; Owner: WSAH LICENSE, INC.)
  • WFXZ-CA (Channel 24; BOSTON, MA; Owner: BOSTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WSBK-TV (Channel 38; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
  • WLVI-TV (Channel 56; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: WLVI, INC.)
  • WBZ-TV (Channel 4; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
  • WGBX-TV (Channel 44; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WTMU-LP (Channel 32; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ZGS BOSTON, INC.)
  • WFXT (Channel 25; BOSTON, MA; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
  • WCEA-LP (Channel 58; BOSTON, MA; Owner: CHANNEL 19 TV CORPORATION)
  • WMEA-TV (Channel 26; BIDDEFORD, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • W40BO (Channel 40; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)

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