What is the population of Exeter city?

Exeter city has 10,280 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #494 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Exeter city?

Median household income in Exeter city is $71,198 a year, 9.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Exeter city?

Median gross rent is $1,207 a month and the median home value is $273,500, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.

Is Exeter city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Exeter city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Exeter, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Exeter, California (Exeter, CA — Census place “Exeter city”) is 10,280 residents, ranking #494 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $71,198, the median home is worth $273,500 and median gross rent runs $1,207 a month. Looking for the Exeter California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Exeter, CA: 93221.

Population: 10,280Exeter city residents
Median household income: $71,198Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $273,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,207Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.6%Owner-occupied households

Exeter ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Exeter.

The Exeter CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

93221

What the numbers mean in Exeter city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Exeter city median would spend about 20.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.2% of residents and 56.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Exeter city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Exeter city is a mid-size town in California, with 10,280 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #494 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 33.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Exeter city earn a median of $71,198 a year, 9.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 17.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Exeter city is valued at $273,500, 9.9% below the national figure and 54% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,207 a month, 14.2% below the national figure, or roughly $14,484 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 56.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Exeter city?: Exeter city has 10,280 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #494 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Exeter city?: Median household income in Exeter city is $71,198 a year, 9.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Exeter city?: Median gross rent is $1,207 a month and the median home value is $273,500, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.
Is Exeter city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Exeter city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Exeter city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.