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Essex, MO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Essex, MO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,554. 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-MO · Essex, MO 1 ZIPs · 1,554 pop · #21522/25278 · Stoddard County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $50,813
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21522/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dudley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,554
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $93,300

Nearest income peer: Dudley, MO (+ $653 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, MO sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

15th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,554
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,813
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($50,813 average) · poverty 28.1%. The primary code (63846) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Essex as a pure owner town.

Within Missouri, Mountain Grove is the closest lower-income city and Golden City 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 reads through its lone ZIP, 63846

1,554 ACS residents, one ZIP: 63846 is not the leading code inside Essex, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Essex

Citywide ZBP: 10 establishments, 26 employees , annual payroll $1,865k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 63846 (10 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Essex, MO

These ZIP codes sit in Stoddard County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Essex. See the Stoddard County roll-up →

Essex sits in the lower half of Stoddard County on income: Dexter, Bloomfield and Advance report more, and only Bell City reports less. Bell City marks the far end of that range at $28,214, 44% below Essex.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
63846 1,554 $50,813 10 6
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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, .