Essex is located between the majestic Green Mountains and Lake Champlain - the sixth largest fresh water lake in the United States. It's in Chittenden County. With its surrounding beauty and the fact that Vermont is the safest state in the U.S. in which to live, Essex is a wonderful place to live and work.

Essex is located within five miles of the Burlington International Airport which is served by eight commercial airlines with more than 60 daily flights. Over 600,000 passengers pass through yearly making it the third busiest international airport in New England. The airport is a U.S. Customs Port of Entry for airplanes entering the U.S. from abroad and is also an approved foreign trade zone.

Three Lake Champlain ports offer ferry service which carries autos and passengers between Vermont and New York.

The Essex communities provide numerous facilities and services including 6 shopping centers, 2 museums, 2 municipal pools, 2 public libraries, 18-hole golf course, 15 tennis courts, 27 parks, indoor/outdoor skating rinks, cross country ski trails, 3 fitness trails, fitness clubs and sports centers, a municipal lake, bowling alley, and the Vermont Voltage Professional Soccer Team.

The Town of Essex and Village of Essex Junction, Vermont. Welcome to the community where there are "Partnerships That Work". The Town of Essex (inclusive of the Village of Essex Junction), is a modern urban community with a friendly rural character. Essex is attractive to new businesses and residents because of its nationally recognized school system, its many parks and recreational facilities, diverse shopping opportunities from the local general store to major national retailers and as the home of one of the most advanced computer chip manufacturing plants (IBM) in the U.S.!

Once a great freight and passenger railroad center, Essex and Essex Junction, Vermont are now home to a number of wholesale merchants and manufacturers such as Brown's River Book Bindery, Hydro Logic, Morse Hardwoods, Philip W. Noyes Co., Cabin Country Food, White Tail Mfg. Co., East Coast Printers, Belden Electronics Wire & Cable, Twin Turbines, Ben & Jerry's, Bouyea-Fassetts, IBM Corp., FoodScience Corp., and more...  Essex is also home to the Essex Reporter weekly newspaper. Now a thriving Northwestern Vermont tourism center, Essex was once a great freight and passenger railroad center located just east of Burlington -Vermont's largest city.

Essex is historically quaint with the green and the historic brick public library - The Essex Free Library. Located within the town is the Essex Outlet Fair that offers brand-name shopping at a variety of stores. Nearby you can enjoy gourmet meals prepared by the New England Culinary Institute at the Inn At Essex. Both the Inn and the Outlet Fair are easily accessible from the Circumferential Highway. An outdoor swimming pool, bike path, playgrounds and recreational programs are available for your enjoyment. Essex offers beautiful views of the Green Mountains and the spectrum of residential neighborhoods to rural country living.

Housing Cost

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $260,321

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $291,106; Detached houses: $309,085; Townhouses or other attached units: $222,926; In 2-unit structures: $360,091; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $226,532; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $186,645; Mobile homes: $46,471
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Demographics

Population in July 2008: 19,649. Essex covers 39.0 square miles. It sits at an elevation of 480 feet above sea level. Zip codes: 05451 - Area code commonly used in this area: 802

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