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Population (year 2000): 39,078
Males: 18,836 (48.2%), Females: 20,242 (51.8%)
Baltimore County
Zip code:
21221
Median resident age: 35.6 years
Median household income: $34,978 (year 2000)
Median house value: $98,400 (year 2000)
Races in Essex:
- White Non-Hispanic (73.5%)
- Black (21.0%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Other race (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (24.2%), Irish (15.0%),
Polish (7.8%), English (7.3%), Italian (6.4%), United States
(6.0%).
Elevation: 40 feet
Land area: 9.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Essex
- High school or higher: 72.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Essex CDP
- Never married: 28.8%
- Now married: 47.3%
- Separated: 4.6%
- Widowed: 7.8%
- Divorced: 11.6%
4.1% Foreign born (1.2% Asia, 1.1% Latin
America, 0.9% Europe, 0.9% Africa).
Hospitals/medical centers near Essex:
- FRANKLIN SQUARE HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; BALTIMORE,
MD)
- JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles;
BALTIMORE, MD)
- KENNEDY KREIGER INSTITUTE (about 9 miles; BALTIMORE,
MD)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Essex:
- BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTL (about 18 miles;
BALTIMORE, MD; ID: BWI)
- ANDREWS AFB (about 46 miles; CAMP SPRINGS, MD; ID:
ADW)
- RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL (about 52 miles;
WASHINGTON, DC; ID: DCA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Essex:
- MARTIN STATE (about 4 miles; BALTIMORE, MD; ID: MTN)
- ESSEX SKYPARK (about 5 miles; BALTIMORE, MD; ID:
W48)
- FALLSTON (about 14 miles; FALLSTON, MD; ID: W42)
Amtrak stations near Essex:
- 12 miles: BALTIMORE (1500 N. CHARLES ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
full-service food facilities, snack bar, vending
machines, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public
transit connection.
- 19 miles: BWI AIRPORT RAIL STATION (BALTIMORE,
AMTRAK WAY). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term
parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental
service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
College/University in Essex:
- MARYLAND BEAUTY ACADEMY OF ESSEX (Full-time
enrollment: 35; Location: 505 EASTERN BLVD; Private,
for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Essex:
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; BALTIMORE,
MD; Full-time enrollment: 12,330)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-BALTIMORE (about 12 miles;
Baltimore, MD; FT enrollment: 4,456)
- UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE (about 12 miles; BALTIMORE,
MD; FT enrollment: 3,230)
- TOWSON UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; TOWSON, MD; FT
enrollment: 13,971)
- LOYOLA COLLEGE (about 14 miles; BALTIMORE, MD; FT
enrollment: 4,859)
- MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; BALTIMORE,
MD; FT enrollment: 5,564)
- COPPIN STATE COLLEGE (about 16 miles; BALTIMORE, MD;
FT enrollment: 2,844)
Private high school in Essex:
- OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL HI (Students: 220;
Location: 1706 OLD EASTERN AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12)
Private primary/middle school in Essex:
- OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL SCHOOL (Students: 532;
Location: 1702 OLD EASTERN AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
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