Essex County, Vermont

2024 results by precinct

13 precincts · 3,425 votes cast

Trump · R+16

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−15.9%	1,344	1,890	3,425
2020	R	−11.2%	1,405	1,773	3,288
2016	R	−16.6%	1,019	1,506	2,925
2012	D	+13.4%	1,539	1,164	2,798
2008	D	+14.5%	1,733	1,284	3,101
2004	R	−10.7%	1,276	1,591	2,937
2000	R	−15.0%	1,129	1,564	2,892
1996	D	+12.3%	1,120	819	2,449
1992	D	+1.8%	1,092	1,038	2,996
1988	R	−29.2%	837	1,535	2,391
1984	R	−40.0%	693	1,632	2,349
1980	R	−21.6%	799	1,305	2,340
1976	R	−7.3%	1,002	1,161	2,189
1972	R	−37.3%	655	1,441	2,110
1968	R	−2.8%	952	1,009	2,025
1964	D	+38.1%	1,673	750	2,423
1960	R	−15.0%	1,063	1,439	2,502
1956	R	−40.9%	719	1,714	2,434
1952	R	−38.5%	705	1,592	2,306
1948	R	−8.9%	881	1,055	1,946
1944	D	+2.8%	1,126	1,064	2,190
1940	D	+5.7%	1,531	1,365	2,907
1936	R	−10.1%	1,203	1,474	2,680
1932	R	−5.7%	1,397	1,567	2,980
1928	R	−35.7%	805	1,703	2,514
1924	R	−37.3%	576	1,391	2,187
1920	R	−38.3%	552	1,243	1,804
1916	R	−14.7%	544	734	1,293
1912	R	−9.7%	348	463	1,187
1908	R	−38.2%	327	744	1,093
1904	R	−52.1%	233	750	993
1900	R	−35.6%	358	758	1,123
1896	R	−49.8%	277	873	1,196
1892	R	−25.8%	418	721	1,175
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 51.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.5%

85+

0.9%

4.0%

75–84

4.8%

8.4%

65–74

7.9%

8.5%

55–64

8.6%

6.6%

45–54

6.3%

4.7%

35–44

5.2%

4.8%

25–34

4.3%

3.2%

18–24

3.3%

6.7%

5–17

6.1%

2.0%

1.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,294

Essex County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Essex County$59,294

Vermont$81,203

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

13.5%

Other Christian

1.8%

Methodist

0.9%

Mainline Protestant

0.8%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 82.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Essex County sits in the remote Northeast Kingdom, where a sparse, rural population and a logging-era economy have produced some of Vermont's widest Republican presidential margins in recent cycles.

The Democratic margin in Essex County has rarely exceeded thirty-eight points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-two points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by sixteen points.

Essex County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 94% non-Hispanic-white share, a 14% poverty rate, and a median household income of $59,294 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wood County and Porter County.

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Essex County votes the way the country votes.