Sugar Notch vs Upper Exeter

A side-by-side comparison of Sugar Notch and Upper Exeter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sugar Notch has the higher population (977 vs 970 in Upper Exeter). Upper Exeter has the higher median household income ($83,429 vs $56,250 in Sugar Notch). Upper Exeter has the higher median home value ($217,500 vs $121,100 in Sugar Notch).

Population, income & housing

	Sugar Notch	Upper Exeter
Population	977	970
Median age	40.7 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$83,429
Median home value	$121,100	$217,500
Median gross rent	$879	—
Housing units	509	401
Homeownership rate	59.5%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sugar Notch	Upper Exeter
Population	960 → 977 (+1.8%)	756 → 970 (+28.3%)
Median household income	$67,250 → $56,250 (-16.4%)	$71,705 → $83,429 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $121,100 (+29.4%)	$154,600 → $217,500 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $879 (+11.5%)	—

Sugar Notch

Population

960977

Median household income

$67,250$56,250

Median home value

$93,600$121,100

Median gross rent

$788$879

Upper Exeter

Population

756970

Median household income

$71,705$83,429

Median home value

$154,600$217,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sugar Notch	Upper Exeter
Under 5	1.9%	10.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	5.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	30.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	5.6%
45 to 54	16.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.6%
75 and over	4.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sugar Notch	Upper Exeter
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sugar Notch	Upper Exeter
No high school diploma	13.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	41.1%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sugar Notch	Upper Exeter
Drove alone	79.3%	91.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sugar Notch	Upper Exeter
1-unit, detached	51.9%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	30.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sugar Notch	Upper Exeter
Poverty rate	25.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1938	1970