Coatesville vs Exton

A side-by-side comparison of Coatesville and Exton: population, income, housing, and more.

Coatesville and Exton are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coatesville has the higher population (13,323 vs 6,192 in Exton). Exton has the higher median household income ($121,189 vs $57,323 in Coatesville). Exton has the higher median home value ($549,400 vs $160,500 in Coatesville).

Population, income & housing

	Coatesville	Exton
Population	13,323	6,192
Median age	34.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,323	$121,189
Median home value	$160,500	$549,400
Median gross rent	$1,464	$2,114
Housing units	5,340	3,014
Homeownership rate	35.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coatesville	Exton
Population	13,136 → 13,323 (+1.4%)	5,382 → 6,192 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$45,265 → $57,323 (+26.6%)	$103,694 → $121,189 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $160,500 (+30.0%)	$365,800 → $549,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,464 (+28.5%)	$1,641 → $2,114 (+28.8%)

Coatesville

Population

13,13613,323

Median household income

$45,265$57,323

Median home value

$123,500$160,500

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,464

Exton

Population

5,3826,192

Median household income

$103,694$121,189

Median home value

$365,800$549,400

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coatesville	Exton
Under 5	7.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	24.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.8%
75 and over	4.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coatesville	Exton
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	70.6%
Black or African American	34.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	21.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	3.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coatesville	Exton
No high school diploma	18.7%	0.3%
High school graduate	42.7%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coatesville	Exton
Drove alone	67.2%	61.1%
Carpooled	18.5%	1.7%
Public transit	2.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	33.1%
Other means	6.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coatesville	Exton
1-unit, detached	22.1%	29.5%
1-unit, attached	44.4%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	19.8%
20 or more units	8.1%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Coatesville	Exton
Poverty rate	20.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1952	1993