Exeter vs Swoyersville

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

Exeter and Swoyersville 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 5,014 in Swoyersville). Swoyersville has the higher median household income ($67,558 vs $49,432 in Exeter). Swoyersville has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $132,500 in Exeter).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Swoyersville
Population	5,514	5,014
Median age	50.8 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,432	$67,558
Median home value	$132,500	$137,000
Median gross rent	$1,026	$733
Housing units	2,856	2,512
Homeownership rate	78.6%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Swoyersville
Population	5,549 → 5,514 (-0.6%)	5,017 → 5,014 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$50,764 → $49,432 (-2.6%)	$53,643 → $67,558 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $132,500 (+13.4%)	$125,500 → $137,000 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $1,026 (+35.2%)	$692 → $733 (+5.9%)

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

Swoyersville

Population

5,0175,014

Median household income

$53,643$67,558

Median home value

$125,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$692$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Swoyersville
Under 5	2.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	8.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	19.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	17.5%
75 and over	12.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Swoyersville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	91.3%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Swoyersville
No high school diploma	7.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	43.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Swoyersville
Drove alone	75.7%	86.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.5%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Swoyersville
1-unit, detached	63.8%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Swoyersville
Poverty rate	12.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1970	1960