Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0In Essex Junction, 74% of adult citizens voted for president in 2024, more than across Vermont
Essex Junction’s city government spent $18.9 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,733 per resident. Water and other utilities ($4.1 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Essex Junction is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,733 per resident a year, or $4.75 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: parks & libraries, at 33%.
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$1,260 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Essex Junction’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($1,260 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 18 Vermont cities that don’t run their own schools: the median was $1,074, and the middle half spent $468–$1,581. Essex Junction spent more than 61% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($3.7 million), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Vermont cities that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Essex Junction itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 39% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Essex Junction reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $1,260 · 2023: $1,444 · 2024: $1,733.
full-time in March 2025, up from 53 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $6,797 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.67% of the home’s value, vs 1.59% across Vermont.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Essex Junction’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Essex Junction’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Essex Junction →
Who’s in charge in Essex Junction
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 195 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (10,917).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Essex-Westford Educational Community Unified School District
Essex Junction’s K–12 school district, shared with Essex, Westford. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $31,700 per pupil, $18,438 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Vermont districts overall: 5% local, 89% state, 6% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
How Essex Junction voted in 2024
Official results for Essex Junction’s own voters, as certified after the November 5, 2024 general election, with the county and the state beside them.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat71.9%4,413 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican24.8%1,520 votesOthers: 3.4% (208 votes).
Most votes in Essex Junction: Kamala D Harris
Chittenden County: Harris 74.6%, Trump 21.5% · Vermont: Harris 63.8%, Trump 32.3%
of Essex Junction’s 8,323 adult citizens voted for president in 2024. Across Vermont: 71%.
Votes ÷ citizens of voting age (Census CVAP, 2020–24 ACS).
Most votes in Essex Junction: Bernie Sanders
Chittenden County: Sanders 73.3%, Malloy 23.0% · Vermont: Sanders 63.2%, Malloy 32.1%
Most votes in Essex Junction: Phil Scott
Chittenden County: Scott 69.2%, Charlestin 27.6% · Vermont: Scott 73.4%, Charlestin 21.8%
Most votes in the district: Becca Balint
Whole-district result
President, 2024: Essex Junction, its county and the state
| Harris | Trump | Others | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Junction | 71.9% | 24.8% | 3.4% | 6,141 |
| Chittenden County | 74.6% | 21.5% | 3.8% | 97,329 |
| Vermont | 63.8% | 32.3% | 3.9% | 369,422 |
Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Essex Junction sends 4 representatives to the Vermont House alone.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Vermont HouseEssex Junction is split between 2 districts
- 3Vermont SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Vermont
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Essex Junction compares with the towns next door
Essex Junction spent $1,260 per resident in 2022. Most of its neighbors are townships, a different kind of government, so the like-for-like comparison is with similar cities, above. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Essex | $732 | $6,602 |
| Williston | $1,171 | $5,592 |
| South Burlington | $1,528 | $6,674 |
| Essex Junction | $1,260 | $6,797 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
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Questions about Essex Junction’s government
How much does Essex Junction spend per resident?
About $1,733 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $1,260 was more than 61% of 18 Vermont cities that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Essex Junction?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $6,797 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.67% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.59% across Vermont. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Essex Junction’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Essex Junction yet.
How did Essex Junction vote in 2024?
For president, Kamala D Harris 71.9%, Donald J Trump 24.8% (6,141 votes, official results). Chittenden County: Harris 74.6%, Trump 21.5%. Vermont: Harris 63.8%, Trump 32.3%.
How many people work for Essex Junction?
56 full-time and 119 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $423,496 (about $5.1M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Essex Junction in the state legislature?
Essex Junction is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Vermont Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District Chittenden Central (Martine Gulick, Phil Baruth and Tanya Vyhovsky). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →