Essex Junction vs Shelburne

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

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

Essex Junction has the higher population (10,720 vs 6,292 in Shelburne). Shelburne has the higher median household income ($106,187 vs $94,423 in Essex Junction). Shelburne has the higher median home value ($496,700 vs $376,800 in Essex Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Essex Junction	Shelburne
Population	10,720	6,292
Median age	40.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,423	$106,187
Median home value	$376,800	$496,700
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,238
Housing units	4,852	3,020
Homeownership rate	61.3%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	69.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex Junction	Shelburne
Population	10,603 → 10,720 (+1.1%)	525 → 6,292 (+1098.5%)
Median household income	$80,019 → $94,423 (+18.0%)	$82,895 → $106,187 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$298,200 → $376,800 (+26.4%)	$278,600 → $496,700 (+78.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,439 (+9.6%)	$1,349 → $1,238 (-8.2%)

Essex Junction

Population

10,60310,720

Median household income

$80,019$94,423

Median home value

$298,200$376,800

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,439

Shelburne

Population

5256,292

Median household income

$82,895$106,187

Median home value

$278,600$496,700

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex Junction	Shelburne
Under 5	6.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	3.9%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.4%
75 and over	6.3%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex Junction	Shelburne
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	88.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex Junction	Shelburne
No high school diploma	8.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	16.3%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex Junction	Shelburne
Drove alone	70.5%	70.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.8%	1.7%
Walked	2.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex Junction	Shelburne
1-unit, detached	49.9%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	14.7%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Essex Junction	Shelburne
Poverty rate	6.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1982	1984