Homeownership Rate in Essex County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
63.5%
Rank #2,836/3,222 · #10 in MA
12th
Essex 63.5%
MA 62.5% +1.6%
US 64.4% -1.4%
Homeownership Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Homeownership Change
National Distribution
How Essex County's homeownership rate of 63.5% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 96.1%.
Distribution of Homeownership Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Essex County for homeownership rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,833 | Forsyth County, NC | 63.6% |
| #2,834 | Nash County, NC | 63.6% |
| #2,835 | Johnson County, MO | 63.5% |
| #2,836 | Essex County, MA | 63.5% |
| #2,837 | Yuba County, CA | 63.5% |
| #2,838 | McDonough County, IL | 63.5% |
| #2,839 | Bowie County, TX | 63.4% |
About Homeownership Rate
Essex County, Massachusetts has a homeownership rate of 63.5%, ranking #2,836 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.4% below the national value of 64.4%. Within Massachusetts, it ranks #10 of 14. This places it in the 12th percentile nationally.
Percentage of occupied housing units that are owner-occupied. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.