† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupExeterCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican54.5%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
German9.6%6.8%12.5%
English9.4%6.3%9.5%
Irish8.2%5.9%9.4%
Portuguese4.2%——
American3.6%2.8%5.3%
Italian2.8%3.4%4.8%
Dutch2.0%——
Scottish1.4%0.9%1.3%
Filipino1.3%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%2.3%1.4%
Hmong0.3%0.3%—
Aztec7.4%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Exeter
California
United States
Median age
34.8
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Exeter
California
United States
Median household income
$75,769
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.9%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Exeter
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
31.4%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
27.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.9%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Exeter
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Exeter, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−49.8%
2008
−32.5%
2012
−35.5%
2016
−31.5%
2020
−30.2%
2024
−37.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
30.2%Harris1,141
67.6%Trump2,555
2.2%
R+37.4
R+7.2
R+35.9
3,781
R
34.0%Biden1,373
64.2%Trump2,591
1.8%
R+30.2
D+1.3
R+34.6
4,036
R
31.2%Clinton1,003
62.6%Trump2,015
6.2%
R+31.5
D+4.1
R+33.5
3,217
R
31.0%Obama943
66.5%Romney2,025
2.5%
R+35.5
R+3.0
R+39.4
3,045
R
33.3%Obama1,042
65.8%McCain2,060
0.9%
R+32.5
D+17.3
R+39.8
3,130
R
24.7%Kerry769
74.4%Bush2,321
0.9%
R+49.8
—
R+47.3
3,118
Exeter sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 49.8 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.4 points.
A population of 10,258, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,769 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hereford and Plainview.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Exeter, California voted Republican by 37.4 points (R+37.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,781 votes cast, 1,141 went Democratic and 2,555 went Republican.
How many people live in Exeter, California?
Exeter, California has a population of 10,258 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Exeter, California?
Median household income in Exeter, California is $75,769 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Exeter, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Exeter, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
