Derry vs Exeter

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

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

Derry has the higher population (21,668 vs 10,138 in Exeter). Derry has the higher median household income ($88,901 vs $83,862 in Exeter). Derry has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $349,300 in Exeter).

Population, income & housing

	Derry	Exeter
Population	21,668	10,138
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,901	$83,862
Median home value	$356,700	$349,300
Median gross rent	$1,473	$1,569
Housing units	9,652	5,015
Homeownership rate	59.0%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derry	Exeter
Population	21,817 → 21,668 (-0.7%)	9,244 → 10,138 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$67,073 → $88,901 (+32.5%)	$69,575 → $83,862 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$225,600 → $356,700 (+58.1%)	$236,100 → $349,300 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,175 → $1,473 (+25.4%)	$1,224 → $1,569 (+28.2%)

Derry

Population

21,81721,668

Median household income

$67,073$88,901

Median home value

$225,600$356,700

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,473

Exeter

Population

9,24410,138

Median household income

$69,575$83,862

Median home value

$236,100$349,300

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derry	Exeter
Under 5	5.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.6%
75 and over	5.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derry	Exeter
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derry	Exeter
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	30.0%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derry	Exeter
Drove alone	68.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.3%
Worked from home	14.7%	17.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derry	Exeter
1-unit, detached	39.8%	35.6%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	10.3%
20 or more units	23.4%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Derry	Exeter
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1981	1968