Exton vs Phoenixville

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

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

Phoenixville has the higher population (19,062 vs 6,192 in Exton). Exton has the higher median household income ($121,189 vs $94,411 in Phoenixville). Exton has the higher median home value ($549,400 vs $348,200 in Phoenixville).

Population, income & housing

	Exton	Phoenixville
Population	6,192	19,062
Median age	34.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$121,189	$94,411
Median home value	$549,400	$348,200
Median gross rent	$2,114	$1,563
Housing units	3,014	9,360
Homeownership rate	31.3%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exton	Phoenixville
Population	5,382 → 6,192 (+15.1%)	16,895 → 19,062 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$103,694 → $121,189 (+16.9%)	$73,004 → $94,411 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$365,800 → $549,400 (+50.2%)	$237,200 → $348,200 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,114 (+28.8%)	$1,200 → $1,563 (+30.3%)

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

Phoenixville

Population

16,89519,062

Median household income

$73,004$94,411

Median home value

$237,200$348,200

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exton	Phoenixville
Under 5	10.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	24.1%	23.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.4%
75 and over	3.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exton	Phoenixville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	21.1%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exton	Phoenixville
No high school diploma	0.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	13.3%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exton	Phoenixville
Drove alone	61.1%	62.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.5%
Public transit	3.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	33.1%	25.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exton	Phoenixville
1-unit, detached	29.5%	23.0%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	36.4%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	10.7%
20 or more units	22.9%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Exton	Phoenixville
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1993	1971