Exeter vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (187 vs 101 in Exeter). Manchester has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $57,143 in Exeter). Exeter has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $85,000 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Manchester
Population	101	187
Median age	43.7 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,143	$73,250
Median home value	$90,000	$85,000
Median gross rent	$683	$500
Housing units	55	102
Homeownership rate	75.0%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Manchester
Population	99 → 101 (+2.0%)	258 → 187 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $57,143 (+17.2%)	$46,111 → $73,250 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $90,000 (+28.6%)	$76,700 → $85,000 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $683 (+43.8%)	$475 → $500 (+5.3%)

Exeter

Population

99101

Median household income

$48,750$57,143

Median home value

$70,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$475$683

Manchester

Population

258187

Median household income

$46,111$73,250

Median home value

$76,700$85,000

Median gross rent

$475$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Manchester
Under 5	5.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	17.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	28.7%	20.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	25.1%
75 and over	5.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Manchester
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	75.7%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Manchester
Drove alone	80.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Manchester
1-unit, detached	80.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Manchester
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1974	1950