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Essex, CT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Essex, CT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,245. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ESSEX-CT · Essex, CT 1 ZIPs · 3,245 pop · #3876/25278 · Middlesex County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-HIGH $103,705
  • RANK-TOP #3876/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under East Haddam
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,245
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $729,200

Nearest income peer: East Haddam, CT (+ $3,844 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Essex

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Essex on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Essex, CT sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 15%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,245
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$103,705
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $103,705 and home value $729,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 63.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Essex as a pure owner town.

Within Connecticut, Canterbury is the closest lower-income city and New Milford the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Essex.

Population concentration

Essex's single ZIP 06426 carries the town

Essex is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 06426 is the entire residential footprint (3,245 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Essex's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 195 establishments, 2,087 employees , annual payroll $151,531k (~60 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 06426 (195 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (25) · also Retail trade · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Essex, CT

These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Essex. See the Middlesex County roll-up →

Essex sits in the lower half of Middlesex County on income: Cromwell, Clinton and East Hampton report more, Middletown, Westbrook and Deep River report less. Durham marks the far end of that range at $158,857, 53% above Essex.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
06426 3,245 $103,705 195 219
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Essex roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Essex, .