Exeter vs Mountain Top

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

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

Mountain Top has the higher population (11,856 vs 5,514 in Exeter). Mountain Top has the higher median household income ($105,286 vs $49,432 in Exeter). Mountain Top has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $132,500 in Exeter).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Mountain Top
Population	5,514	11,856
Median age	50.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,432	$105,286
Median home value	$132,500	$274,600
Median gross rent	$1,026	$843
Housing units	2,856	4,577
Homeownership rate	78.6%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Mountain Top
Population	5,549 → 5,514 (-0.6%)	11,489 → 11,856 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$50,764 → $49,432 (-2.6%)	$85,560 → $105,286 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $132,500 (+13.4%)	$211,800 → $274,600 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $1,026 (+35.2%)	$714 → $843 (+18.1%)

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

Mountain Top

Population

11,48911,856

Median household income

$85,560$105,286

Median home value

$211,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$714$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Mountain Top
Under 5	2.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	19.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.1%
75 and over	12.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Mountain Top
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	88.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Mountain Top
No high school diploma	7.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	43.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Mountain Top
Drove alone	75.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Mountain Top
1-unit, detached	63.8%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Mountain Top
Poverty rate	12.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1970	1985