Exeter vs Purdy

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

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

Purdy has the higher population (1,308 vs 997 in Exeter). Exeter has the higher median household income ($48,214 vs $43,438 in Purdy). Exeter has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $84,200 in Purdy).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Purdy
Population	997	1,308
Median age	34.1 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,214	$43,438
Median home value	$106,300	$84,200
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	393	538
Homeownership rate	68.1%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Purdy
Population	818 → 997 (+21.9%)	1,276 → 1,308 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$41,304 → $48,214 (+16.7%)	$46,071 → $43,438 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $106,300 (+30.8%)	$69,500 → $84,200 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $638 (+6.7%)	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)

Exeter

Population

818997

Median household income

$41,304$48,214

Median home value

$81,300$106,300

Median gross rent

$598$638

Purdy

Population

1,2761,308

Median household income

$46,071$43,438

Median home value

$69,500$84,200

Median gross rent

$585$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Purdy
Under 5	11.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	24.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.9%
75 and over	3.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Purdy
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	71.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Purdy
No high school diploma	24.6%	25.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Purdy
Drove alone	90.0%	90.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Purdy
1-unit, detached	70.7%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Purdy
Poverty rate	16.4%	32.8%
Average household size	3.06	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1985	1981