Census County Business Patterns 2023 · NAICS 611610

Number of Dance & Fine Arts Schools in Essex County, NJ (2023)

Name: Fine arts schools in Essex County, NJ (2023)
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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Essex County, New Jersey had 55 fine arts schools — the Census category that covers dance studios, music schools, drama schools and art schools, ranking #5 of 21 counties in the state.

establishments

635

employees (March)

$13.7M

annual payroll

$21,631

average pay per employee

6.2

per 100,000 residents

881,527

population (2024 est.)

Schools by number of employees

1–4	5–9	10–19	20–49
23	8	13	11

Statewide, New Jersey had 707 fine arts schools — 7.4 per 100,000 residents — employing 6,045 people.

Dance studios in and near Essex County

Marie Wildey School of DanceEast Orange · ~2.2 mi from county center
Premiere Dance TheatreNewark · ~2.3 mi from county center
Sharron Miller's Academy For The Performing ArtsClifton · ~2.4 mi from county center
Arthur Murray Dance StudioClifton · ~2.4 mi from county center
Studio AirNewark · ~2.5 mi from county center
Ac DanceNewark · ~2.5 mi from county center
Continental Dance ClubNewark · ~2.5 mi from county center
Vertical Venus Pole FitnessNewark · ~2.6 mi from county center
Str8 Up DanceNewark · ~2.6 mi from county center
New Jersey Tap EnsembleNewark · ~2.7 mi from county center

Nearby counties

Union County44 schools
Hudson County30 schools
Bergen County101 schools
Morris County73 schools
Passaic County19 schools
Somerset County35 schools

U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 611610 “Fine Arts Schools” (dance, music, drama and art instruction); establishments with paid employees only. Population: Census Vintage 2024 estimates. Public domain.