Downingtown vs Exton

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

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

Downingtown has the higher population (8,163 vs 6,192 in Exton). Exton has the higher median household income ($121,189 vs $82,292 in Downingtown). Exton has the higher median home value ($549,400 vs $322,500 in Downingtown).

Population, income & housing

	Downingtown	Exton
Population	8,163	6,192
Median age	38.7 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,292	$121,189
Median home value	$322,500	$549,400
Median gross rent	$1,528	$2,114
Housing units	3,658	3,014
Homeownership rate	50.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downingtown	Exton
Population	7,926 → 8,163 (+3.0%)	5,382 → 6,192 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$66,345 → $82,292 (+24.0%)	$103,694 → $121,189 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $322,500 (+32.9%)	$365,800 → $549,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,528 (+28.0%)	$1,641 → $2,114 (+28.8%)

Downingtown

Population

7,9268,163

Median household income

$66,345$82,292

Median home value

$242,700$322,500

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,528

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)

	Downingtown	Exton
Under 5	6.5%	10.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	20.2%	24.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.8%
75 and over	4.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downingtown	Exton
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	70.6%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	21.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	3.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downingtown	Exton
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.3%
High school graduate	26.5%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downingtown	Exton
Drove alone	70.2%	61.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	1.7%
Public transit	0.9%	3.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	33.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downingtown	Exton
1-unit, detached	21.0%	29.5%
1-unit, attached	36.6%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	19.8%
20 or more units	9.2%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Downingtown	Exton
Poverty rate	7.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1964	1993