Homeownership Rate in Essex County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Essex County Compares
National Distribution
Where Essex County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for homeownership rate.
■ Essex County: 63.5%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #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% |
Homeownership Rate in Essex County, Massachusetts
Essex County, Massachusetts has a homeownership rate of 63.5%, which ranks #2,836 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 1.4% below the national value of 64.4%.
Within Massachusetts, Essex County ranks #10 of 14 out of 14 counties. This places it in the 12th percentile nationally.
Percentage of occupied housing units that are owner-occupied. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.