Bluffs vs Exeter

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

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

Bluffs has the higher population (586 vs 101 in Exeter). Bluffs has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $57,143 in Exeter). Exeter has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $78,700 in Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffs	Exeter
Population	586	101
Median age	48.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$57,143
Median home value	$78,700	$90,000
Median gross rent	$625	$683
Housing units	313	55
Homeownership rate	77.1%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffs	Exeter
Population	839 → 586 (-30.2%)	99 → 101 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$60,588 → $72,917 (+20.3%)	$48,750 → $57,143 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $78,700 (+15.6%)	$70,000 → $90,000 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $625 (-8.9%)	$475 → $683 (+43.8%)

Bluffs

Population

839586

Median household income

$60,588$72,917

Median home value

$68,100$78,700

Median gross rent

$686$625

Exeter

Population

99101

Median household income

$48,750$57,143

Median home value

$70,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$475$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffs	Exeter
Under 5	1.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	8.4%	17.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	21.8%	28.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	6.9%
75 and over	5.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffs	Exeter
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffs	Exeter
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	51.0%	75.7%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffs	Exeter
Drove alone	86.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffs	Exeter
1-unit, detached	85.3%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluffs	Exeter
Poverty rate	6.5%	11.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1958	1974