New Jersey · Market data
Essex County, NJ supports 27 taxi and limousine businesses across 881,527 residents. Below: how those operators break down by size, how the market compares with its state and the country, and what the sector pays — all from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns.
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.
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| Measure | Essex County |
|---|---|
| County | Essex County, NJ |
| State | New Jersey |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 881,527 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 27 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 97 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $2.7m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 17 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 69 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $1.4m |
| Limousine establishments | 10 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 28 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $1.3m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 19 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 6 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived27 establishments ÷ 881,527 residents × 100,000. | 3.06 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived19 of 27 establishments. | 70.4% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$2.7m payroll ÷ 97 employees. | $28,165 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived17 taxi ÷ 27 taxi and limousine establishments. | 63.0% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 54 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Essex County, NJ has 27 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 97 people — 17 in taxi and ridesharing services and 10 in limousine service.
A market of this size is big enough that customers have alternatives and small enough that reputation travels quickly.
70.4 per cent of operators in Essex County, NJ employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Most operators employ fewer than five people, so buying decisions are made by an owner rather than a committee, and setup time matters more than configurability.
The full distribution: 19 with 1-4 employees and 6 with 5-9 employees.
Essex County, NJ has 3.06 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head sit above the national midpoint, so local demand supports more businesses than population alone would suggest.
Within New Jersey the median is 4.20 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $28,165 per employee across the sector in Essex County, NJ.
A figure that low usually reflects heavy part-time and split-shift working rather than low hourly rates, which makes accurate shift and per-driver accounting the difference between knowing your margin and guessing it.
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Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County, TX | 27 | 1.21 |
| Monmouth County, NJ | 28 | 4.32 |
| Morris County, NJ | 28 | 5.35 |
| Sacramento County, CA | 28 | 1.74 |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 28 | 1.26 |
| Will County, IL | 28 | 3.95 |
| Monroe County, NY | 26 | 3.46 |
| Dutchess County, NY | 25 | 8.33 |
| Rockland County, NY | 25 | 7.18 |
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