Essex County, Vermont: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+16%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,9822024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,2942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Wood County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Essex CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Essex County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −25.8% |
| 1896 | −49.8% |
| 1900 | −35.6% |
| 1904 | −52.1% |
| 1908 | −38.2% |
| 1912 | −9.7% |
| 1916 | −14.7% |
| 1920 | −38.3% |
| 1924 | −37.3% |
| 1928 | −35.7% |
| 1932 | −5.7% |
| 1936 | −10.1% |
| 1940 | +5.7% |
| 1944 | +2.8% |
| 1948 | −8.9% |
| 1952 | −38.5% |
| 1956 | −40.9% |
| 1960 | −15.0% |
| 1964 | +38.1% |
| 1968 | −2.8% |
| 1972 | −37.3% |
| 1976 | −7.3% |
| 1980 | −21.6% |
| 1984 | −40.0% |
| 1988 | −29.2% |
| 1992 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | +12.3% |
| 2000 | −15.0% |
| 2004 | −10.7% |
| 2008 | +14.5% |
| 2012 | +13.4% |
| 2016 | −16.6% |
| 2020 | −11.2% |
| 2024 | −15.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,344 | 1,890 | 3,425 | ||
| R | 1,405 | 1,773 | 3,288 | ||
| R | 1,019 | 1,506 | 2,925 | ||
| D | 1,539 | 1,164 | 2,798 | ||
| D | 1,733 | 1,284 | 3,101 | ||
| R | 1,276 | 1,591 | 2,937 | ||
| R | 1,129 | 1,564 | 2,892 | ||
| D | 1,120 | 819 | 2,449 | ||
| D | 1,092 | 1,038 | 2,996 | ||
| R | 837 | 1,535 | 2,391 | ||
| R | 693 | 1,632 | 2,349 | ||
| R | 799 | 1,305 | 2,340 | ||
| R | 1,002 | 1,161 | 2,189 | ||
| R | 655 | 1,441 | 2,110 | ||
| R | 952 | 1,009 | 2,025 | ||
| D | 1,673 | 750 | 2,423 | ||
| R | 1,063 | 1,439 | 2,502 | ||
| R | 719 | 1,714 | 2,434 | ||
| R | 705 | 1,592 | 2,306 | ||
| R | 881 | 1,055 | 1,946 | ||
| D | 1,126 | 1,064 | 2,190 | ||
| D | 1,531 | 1,365 | 2,907 | ||
| R | 1,203 | 1,474 | 2,680 | ||
| R | 1,397 | 1,567 | 2,980 | ||
| R | 805 | 1,703 | 2,514 | ||
| R | 576 | 1,391 | 2,187 | ||
| R | 552 | 1,243 | 1,804 | ||
| R | 544 | 734 | 1,293 | ||
| R | 348 | 463 | 1,187 | ||
| R | 327 | 744 | 1,093 | ||
| R | 233 | 750 | 993 | ||
| R | 358 | 758 | 1,123 | ||
| R | 277 | 873 | 1,196 | ||
| R | 418 | 721 | 1,175 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.9%
Irish
15.7%
French
11.9%
Scottish
5.8%
American
5.8%
German
4.9%
Italian
4.2%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 51.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
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
Essex County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.9%
Working age (18–64)14.0%
Seniors (65+)9.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.5%
speak English only
Other Indo-European5.0%
Spanish0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
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 Republican margin here reached fifty-two points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixteen points.
A population of 5,982, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,294 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wood County and Porter County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Essex County, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Essex County, Vermont voted Republican by 15.9 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,425 votes cast, 1,344 went Democratic and 1,890 went Republican.
What is Essex County, Vermont's political typology?
Akashic places Essex County, Vermont in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Essex County, Vermont last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Essex County, Vermont voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Essex County, Vermont?
Essex County, Vermont has a population of 5,982 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Essex County, Vermont?
Median household income in Essex County, Vermont is $59,294 — below the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Essex County, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Essex County, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.