Essex County, NJ Property & Market Data

Essex County, New Jersey has 548,323 parcels tracked in the Rippleffekt property database, 71% of them mapped to a precise location, a median household income of $84,900, and an unemployment rate of 8.3%.

Essex County at a glance

Rippleffekt tracks 548,323 parcels in Essex County, New Jersey. The figures below combine county assessor coverage with federal economic data for the county.

548,323
Parcels tracked
71%
Mapped to location
390,287 parcels
126 sq mi
Land area
4,348.9 per sq mi
Parcel density
$84,900
Median household income
8.3%
Unemployment rate

New Jersey commercial real estate lending

Statewide commercial real estate lending context from FFIEC bank call reports as of 2024-12-31. This reflects the broader New Jersey lending environment, not Essex County alone.

50
Banks reporting
$119.5B
Real estate loans
$53.4B
Nonresidential CRE loans

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Sources: county assessor records, U.S. Census ACS and SAIPE, FFIEC bank call reports, and public tax-lien records. Updated 2026-07-29.