Exeter vs Porterville

A side-by-side comparison of Exeter and Porterville: population, income, housing, and more.

Exeter and Porterville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Porterville has the higher population (62,765 vs 10,280 in Exeter). Exeter has the higher median household income ($71,198 vs $59,012 in Porterville). Porterville has the higher median home value ($273,600 vs $273,500 in Exeter).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Porterville
Population	10,280	62,765
Median age	33.1 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,198	$59,012
Median home value	$273,500	$273,600
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,111
Housing units	3,440	20,025
Homeownership rate	56.6%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Porterville
Population	10,474 → 10,280 (-1.9%)	59,697 → 62,765 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$44,602 → $71,198 (+59.6%)	$43,823 → $59,012 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$205,400 → $273,500 (+33.2%)	$172,500 → $273,600 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,207 (+32.2%)	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)

Exeter

Population

10,47410,280

Median household income

$44,602$71,198

Median home value

$205,400$273,500

Median gross rent

$913$1,207

Porterville

Population

59,69762,765

Median household income

$43,823$59,012

Median home value

$172,500$273,600

Median gross rent

$941$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Porterville
Under 5	5.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	23.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.8%
75 and over	5.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Porterville
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	19.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	2.6%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	55.1%	73.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Porterville
No high school diploma	16.1%	30.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Porterville
Drove alone	76.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	14.6%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Porterville
1-unit, detached	74.9%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Porterville
Poverty rate	17.2%	17.9%
Average household size	3.15	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1979	1980