| ECONOMY | Essex | Westport | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 5.70% | 7.20% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -0.42% | 0.07% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 33.46% | 32.94% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 5.00% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $53,979 | $90,708 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $82,960 | $150,685 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 3.84% | 2.59% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 5.86% | 3.70% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 6.82% | 3.07% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 10.53% | 6.19% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 17.49% | 10.14% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 14.88% | 7.80% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 18.38% | 16.40% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 14.20% | 26.69% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 7.34% | 21.56% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.65% | 1.86% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 18.85% | 35.77% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 29.06% | 29.15% | 20.61% |
| Service | 9.20% | 5.48% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 26.28% | 25.64% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.00% | 0.08% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.72% | 1.78% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 9.90% | 2.10% | 14.05% |
