Exeter vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (5,761 vs 5,514 in Exeter). Exeter has the higher median household income ($49,432 vs $42,348 in Plymouth). Exeter has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $85,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Plymouth
Population	5,514	5,761
Median age	50.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,432	$42,348
Median home value	$132,500	$85,400
Median gross rent	$1,026	$923
Housing units	2,856	2,971
Homeownership rate	78.6%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Plymouth
Population	5,549 → 5,514 (-0.6%)	5,820 → 5,761 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$50,764 → $49,432 (-2.6%)	$42,754 → $42,348 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $132,500 (+13.4%)	$72,100 → $85,400 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $1,026 (+35.2%)	$720 → $923 (+28.2%)

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

Plymouth

Population

5,8205,761

Median household income

$42,754$42,348

Median home value

$72,100$85,400

Median gross rent

$720$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Plymouth
Under 5	2.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	19.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.8%
75 and over	12.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	78.3%
Black or African American	5.3%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Plymouth
No high school diploma	7.6%	15.7%
High school graduate	43.2%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Plymouth
Drove alone	75.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.9%
Public transit	1.9%	1.2%
Walked	5.4%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	63.8%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	28.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Plymouth
Poverty rate	12.8%	21.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1970	1941