Exeter is home to 10,258 people in California. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 14% of adults. Density works out to 4,140 people per square mile. This skews young, with a median age of 34.8. Owners hold 55% of the housing stock. That trails the California median by roughly 24%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $75,769, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
14% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 78%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Exeter
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share26.3% → 58.5%(+32.2 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share71.0% → 36.4%(−34.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree8.5% → 13.9%(+5.4 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Exeter's population equals 2.1% of Tulare County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)27.1%(75)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.6%(46)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.9%(94)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.4%(15)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 277 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Exeter, decade by decade
Exeter population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
7,276
$50,113
$162,965
8.5%
53.3
2000
9,168
$61,459
$172,693
12.4%
65.4
2010
10,334
$62,851
$304,114
12.5%
67.7
2020
10,321
$58,911
$271,497
16.2%
69.5
2024
10,258
$75,769
$307,600
13.9%
65.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
