Exeter vs Riggston

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

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

Exeter has the higher population (101 vs 27 in Riggston). Since 2019, Riggston's population has grown faster (+80.0% vs +2.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Riggston
Population	101	27
Median age	43.7 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,143	—
Median home value	$90,000	—
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	55	12
Homeownership rate	75.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Riggston
Population	99 → 101 (+2.0%)	15 → 27 (+80.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $57,143 (+17.2%)	—
Median home value	$70,000 → $90,000 (+28.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$475 → $683 (+43.8%)	—

Exeter

Population

99101

Median household income

$48,750$57,143

Median home value

$70,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$475$683

Riggston

Population

1527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Riggston
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	18.5%
45 to 54	7.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	28.7%	22.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	22.2%
75 and over	5.0%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Riggston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Riggston
No high school diploma	9.5%	22.7%
High school graduate	75.7%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Riggston
Drove alone	80.0%	0.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	100.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Riggston
1-unit, detached	80.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Riggston
Poverty rate	11.9%	22.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1974	—