Exeter vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (1,543 vs 101 in Exeter). Exeter has the higher median household income ($57,143 vs $54,286 in Winchester). Winchester has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $90,000 in Exeter).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Winchester
Population	101	1,543
Median age	43.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,143	$54,286
Median home value	$90,000	$96,000
Median gross rent	$683	$627
Housing units	55	772
Homeownership rate	75.0%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Winchester
Population	99 → 101 (+2.0%)	1,856 → 1,543 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $57,143 (+17.2%)	$51,625 → $54,286 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $90,000 (+28.6%)	$86,200 → $96,000 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $683 (+43.8%)	$499 → $627 (+25.7%)

Exeter

Population

99101

Median household income

$48,750$57,143

Median home value

$70,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$475$683

Winchester

Population

1,8561,543

Median household income

$51,625$54,286

Median home value

$86,200$96,000

Median gross rent

$499$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Winchester
Under 5	5.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	17.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	28.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.7%
75 and over	5.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Winchester
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	75.7%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Winchester
Drove alone	80.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Winchester
1-unit, detached	80.0%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Winchester
Poverty rate	11.9%	21.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1974	1959