Essex Junction vs Winooski

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

Essex Junction and Winooski 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 8,198 in Winooski). Essex Junction has the higher median household income ($94,423 vs $77,020 in Winooski). Essex Junction has the higher median home value ($376,800 vs $350,700 in Winooski).

Population, income & housing

	Essex Junction	Winooski
Population	10,720	8,198
Median age	40.4 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,423	$77,020
Median home value	$376,800	$350,700
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,635
Housing units	4,852	3,952
Homeownership rate	61.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex Junction	Winooski
Population	10,603 → 10,720 (+1.1%)	7,242 → 8,198 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$80,019 → $94,423 (+18.0%)	$51,728 → $77,020 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$298,200 → $376,800 (+26.4%)	$225,200 → $350,700 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,439 (+9.6%)	$1,144 → $1,635 (+42.9%)

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

Winooski

Population

7,2428,198

Median household income

$51,728$77,020

Median home value

$225,200$350,700

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex Junction	Winooski
Under 5	6.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	16.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	22.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.7%
75 and over	6.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex Junction	Winooski
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	77.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex Junction	Winooski
No high school diploma	8.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	16.3%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex Junction	Winooski
Drove alone	70.5%	63.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.8%	2.5%
Walked	2.5%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.5%
Worked from home	15.2%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex Junction	Winooski
1-unit, detached	49.9%	28.7%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	14.7%	29.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Essex Junction	Winooski
Poverty rate	6.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1982	1961