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Essex, Massachusetts Information
Essex, Massachusetts is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, 26 miles (42 km) north of Boston. The population was 3,504 at the 2010 census. The central village areas of Essex and South Essex make up the census-designated place of Essex.
Essex was incorporated as a town in 1819. It was previously a part of the town of Ipswich and was then called Chebacco Parish. The first European settlers arrived in 1634. At that time, the land formed part of an area inhabited by Native Americans of the Agawam tribe.
The name Chebacco is Agawam in origin and refers to a large lake whose waters extend into neighboring Hamilton. Conomo Point, the easternmost part of the town, is named for the Sagamore or Chief of the Agawams, Masconomo, the leader of the tribe in the late 17th century. Early on, Chebacco Parish lobbied for status as an independent town, asking for permission to build a meeting house. In colonial times, the existence of a meeting house in a settlement conferred de facto autonomy, so Chebacco Parish was denied permission to build such a structure.
Essex, MA Schools
Essex has one public school, Essex Elementary School, that offers instruction to children from pre-kindergarten to grade 5. The Essex Middle School had previously functioned to educate students to grade 8. But recent regionalization has brought the Essex Middle School children into the Manchester Essex Regional Middle School, located in the same building as both the Manchester Essex Regional High School and the previous Manchester Middle School.
The town of Essex does not include a high school, and in years past has had to send its grade 9 through 12 students to neighboring districts. Arrangements in the past have included sending high school students to Manchester-by-the-Sea, Gloucester and Hamilton-Wenham public schools. In 2000, the town approved a plan to create a regional school district with Manchester-by-the-Sea. Under the plan, the two towns are served by a consolidated school system, the ‘Manchester-Essex Schools’, and a new high school. This marks the first time Essex did not have to send its students to another district to attend high school.
Essex, MA Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,267 people, 1,313 households, and 887 families residing in the town. The population density was 230.7 people per square mile (89.1/km²). There were 1,446 housing units at an average density of 39.4 persons/km² (102.1 persons/sq mi). The racial makeup of the town was 98.50% White, 0.15% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.92% of the population.
There were 1,313 households out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were married couples living together, 7.8% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 32.4% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.03.
Essex Real Estate News

Homebuyer Affordability Slips Again in January #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Homebuyer Affordability Slips Again in January MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The national median payment that purchase applicants sought for rose from $2,127 in December to $2,205 in January, indicating a deterioration in homebuyer...
Ending single-family zoning among key recommendations in housing crisis report #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Ending single-family zoning among key recommendations in housing crisis report MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent A new report recommending ways to address the Massachusetts housing crisis includes the possibility of eliminating...
Localized Events Impacting Home Price Growth Nationwide #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Localized Events Impacting Home Price Growth Nationwide MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has released the December 2024 results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, which found that U.S....
U.S. Homebuyers Putting More Down #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
U.S. Homebuyers Putting More Down MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent As inflation continues to impact the wallet of Americans, potential home buyers are being impacted as well. Whereas ten percent of the price of a home was the standard...
Four projects to bring One Hundred and Ninety new residences to Boston neighborhoods #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Four projects to bring One Hundred and Ninety new residences to Boston neighborhoods MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent The Boston Planning & Development Agency has approved four new projects that combined will bring one hundred and...
Share of First-Time Black Homebuyers On the Rise #MABA #MassachusettsRealEstate #FirstTimeHomeBuyers #MaBuyerAgent
Share of First-Time Black Homebuyers On the Rise MABA MassachusettsRealEstate FirstTimeHomeBuyers MaBuyerAgent Despite a recent nationwide fall in first-time purchaser rates, Black homebuyers have seen the most recovery. According to a recent Zillow poll, sixty two...
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