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ExeterCA

Exeter, CA is a 11K-resident city in Tulare County with a median household income of $75,769.

Tulare County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Exeter, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Exeter has a population larger than 3% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $307,600.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 4%
By size
$75,769
Median income (place)
$307,600
Median home (place)
14.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Exeter

Exeter posts a median household income higher than 44% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 45%
by median income, US cities

Where Exeter income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$75,769 Bottom 44% higher than 44% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Exeter $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Exeter, CA beyond the headline numbers

Exeter sits inside Tulare County, California, at roughly 36.30°N, -119.14°W. Population 10,548, $75,769 median household income. Median home value $307,600, median rent $1,286. Poverty rate 14.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Exeter, CA stands at 14.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Exeter runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 3.4% of Exeter workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent physical distress departs furthest from its peer median: 15.6% in Exeter, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Exeter workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Exeter's median age is 34.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Exeter from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,548
Exeter · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$75,769
-15% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$307,600
-26% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Tulare County): Exeter's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
479K+7%
Median Income
$71,300+67%
Median Home Value
$330,100+102%
Poverty Rate
17.9%-32%
Unemployment
9.3%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Exeter, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,286/mo
Poverty Rate
14.2% +15% vs avg
Unemployment 9.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 13.9%
Work From Home 3.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 51.2%
African American 0.1%
Asian 3.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.9%
Obesity
33.5%
High Blood Pressure
31.9%
Physical Inactivity
28.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.8%
Binge Drinking
16.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.5%
Current Smoking
13.4%
Diabetes
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.6%
Annual Checkup 69.7%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.4%
Stroke
3.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Exeter?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Exeter right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-EXETER · Exeter

Exeter: 1 tagged alert; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% au-bushfires
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Exeter

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Exeter.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Exeter; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Exeter, CA? ▼
Exeter, CA has a population of 10,548 people, located in Tulare County, California.
What is the median household income in Exeter? ▼
The median household income in Exeter, CA is $75,769 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.2%.
What is the median home value in Exeter? ▼
The median home value in Exeter, CA is $307,600. Median rent is $1,286/month.
What are the top health concerns in Exeter? ▼
The top health indicators in Exeter include Short Sleep Duration (33.9%), Obesity (33.5%), High Blood Pressure (31.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Exeter? ▼
The median age in Exeter, CA is 34.8 years. 13.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Exeter, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (14.2% here).

Warner Robins, GA 14.2% Lynnwood, WA 14.2% Columbia, TN 14.2% Sidney, OH 14.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($75,769 here).

Seminole, FL $75,774 Mount Vernon, WA $75,777 Crestwood, IL $75,752 Woodmere, LA $75,828

Compare Exeter with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Farmersville, CA 11K Lindsay, CA 13K Visalia, CA 130K Tulare, CA 62K Porterville, CA 56K Dinuba, CA 24K Reedley, CA 26K Corcoran, CA 22K
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Using Exeter's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Exeter area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Exeter against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Tulare County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.