Essex vs Rockport

A side-by-side comparison of Essex and Rockport: population, income, housing, and more.

Essex and Rockport are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockport has the higher population (4,795 vs 1,775 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($156,094 vs $86,250 in Rockport). Essex has the higher median home value ($774,400 vs $694,300 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Rockport
Population	1,775	4,795
Median age	42.2 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$156,094	$86,250
Median home value	$774,400	$694,300
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,848
Housing units	632	3,170
Homeownership rate	75.2%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.9%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Rockport
Population	1,393 → 1,775 (+27.4%)	5,260 → 4,795 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$114,479 → $156,094 (+36.4%)	$81,765 → $86,250 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$493,500 → $774,400 (+56.9%)	$563,900 → $694,300 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $1,750 (+262.3%)	$1,352 → $1,848 (+36.7%)

Essex

Population

1,3931,775

Median household income

$114,479$156,094

Median home value

$493,500$774,400

Median gross rent

$483$1,750

Rockport

Population

5,2604,795

Median household income

$81,765$86,250

Median home value

$563,900$694,300

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Rockport
Under 5	6.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	6.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	5.1%
45 to 54	18.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	29.1%
75 and over	5.1%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Rockport
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	11.0%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.8%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Rockport
Drove alone	64.6%	65.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	2.9%
Public transit	0.9%	2.6%
Walked	10.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Rockport
1-unit, detached	58.2%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Rockport
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1959	1951