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Essex County

The median owner-occupied home in Essex County had a real-estate tax bill of $6,267 (± $43) a year, compared with $5,813 in Massachusetts and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $584,000 (± $4,587), compared with $525,800 in Massachusetts and $303,400 nationwide.

U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Essex County, Massachusetts and the United States, with margins of error
MeasureEssex CountyMassachusettsUnited States
Population 807,258 6,992,395 332,387,540
Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) $6,267 ± $43 $5,813 ± $18 $2,969 ± $3
Median home value $584,000 ± $4,587 $525,800 ± $2,244 $303,400 ± $362
Median household income $99,431 ± $1,893 $101,341 ± $539 $78,538 ± $176
Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) 1.07% ± 0.01 points 1.11% ± 0.01 points 0.98% ± under 0.01 points
Homes lived in by their owners 64.0% ± 0.6 points 62.6% ± 0.3 points 65.0% ± 0.3 points
Owner households headed by someone 65 or older 30.6% ± 0.7 points 31.9% ± 0.2 points 32.6% ± 0.2 points
Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs 29.0% ± 0.9 points 26.3% ± 0.3 points 22.2% ± 0.1 points
How to read these numbers

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.

Cities, towns and villages in Essex County (10)

Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.

Census-designated places in Essex County (14)

Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.

Towns and townships in Essex County (34)

Other named communities in Essex County (136)

These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.

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