Edwardsville vs Exeter

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

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

Exeter has the higher population (5,514 vs 4,917 in Edwardsville). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($50,046 vs $49,432 in Exeter). Exeter has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $114,200 in Edwardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Exeter
Population	4,917	5,514
Median age	37.9 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$49,432
Median home value	$114,200	$132,500
Median gross rent	$875	$1,026
Housing units	2,228	2,856
Homeownership rate	47.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Exeter
Population	4,742 → 4,917 (+3.7%)	5,549 → 5,514 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$38,950 → $50,046 (+28.5%)	$50,764 → $49,432 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $114,200 (+24.8%)	$116,800 → $132,500 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $875 (+18.7%)	$759 → $1,026 (+35.2%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,7424,917

Median household income

$38,950$50,046

Median home value

$91,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$737$875

Exeter

Population

5,5495,514

Median household income

$50,764$49,432

Median home value

$116,800$132,500

Median gross rent

$759$1,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Exeter
Under 5	8.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	19.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	13.2%
75 and over	7.8%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Exeter
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	10.7%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Exeter
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	53.4%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Exeter
Drove alone	83.4%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	4.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Exeter
1-unit, detached	44.6%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Exeter
Poverty rate	24.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1956	1970