Is Exeter a good place to live?
Exeter’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for schools and civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. Brooklyn State Wildlife Area, at 619 acres with 4.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Exeter has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Exeter stand out
Where Exeter beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Exeter for work
Where Exeter’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Exeter grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Exeter is from typical.
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The other Exeter
Exeter takes its name from Exeter in Devon, England, 3,870 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionExeter, settled in 1843, takes its name from Exeter, a city in Devon, England.
8 more U.S. towns are named after Exeter:Exeter Township, PABerks County · 26,069Exeter, NH16,213Exeter, CA10,122Exeter, RI6,540Exeter, PA5,587+3 more
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Moving to Exeter: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Exeter, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Exeter.
Exeter stands out in Wisconsin and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
Employers in Exeter added 54 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 116. In Exeter, the typical household income is $115,000. The average trip to work for Exeter comes to 27 minutes, above both Wisconsin’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 3.2%.
| Exeter | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $115,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 18% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Exeter are healthier than 75% of U.S. towns
In Exeter, 38% of adults have obesity. 28% of adults feel lonely locally, below both the Wisconsin town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%). Two figures for adults in the town: 31% sleep under 7 hours, 20% binge drink.
| Exeter | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Exeter | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.6% | 12.1% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Exeter’s year
In July, afternoons reach 83°; in January, nights fall to 11°, and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Exeter, with inland flooding at the top
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 64% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in Exeter since 1990: 11. FEMA puts 43% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 27% to cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Exeter after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2011.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer adults under 35 in Exeter than across Wisconsin
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). Among adults 25 and older in Exeter, 42% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. The Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate puts Exeter at 2,209 residents, up 2.4% since 2020. The age of the median resident for Exeter comes to 46.7 years.
| Exeter | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.7 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Exeter | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.7% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.9% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.6% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 15% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.9% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
Conserved land covers 3.4% of Exeter
Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 7.5 miles. Exeter’s density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Exeter | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brooklyn State Wildlife Area | 4.2 mi | 619 |
| 2. Exeter Park | 0.1 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Camp Randall Stadium and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Exeter. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaCamp Randall Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaKohl Center
39 mi State parkAztalan State Park
22 mi State parkBlue Mound State Park
19 mi Zoo & aquariumHenry Vilas Zoo
20 mi MuseumNational Mustard MuseumPhoto credits
Camp Randall Stadium: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Kohl Center: Pbrown111 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Aztalan State Park: Joshua Mayer - Flickr user wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Blue Mound State Park: Mailseth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Henry Vilas Zoo: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0 · National Mustard Museum: Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0
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Everything we know about Exeter
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Exeter; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Exeter residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About Exeter
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Exeter is a town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Dayton and Ross Crossing are located in the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,020 ft
- Area code
- 608
Exeter’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Exeter.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Belleville | #65 | A | B | — | B+ | A− |
| New Glarus | — | — | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Mount Pleasant | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brooklyn | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Montrose | — | — | B | — | B+ | A− |
Exeter, New Glarus, Brooklyn and Montrose have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Exeter, Belleville, New Glarus, Brooklyn and Montrose report no FBI crime data of their own. Mount Pleasant isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Exeter with a neighbor →
Questions about Exeter
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Exeter, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.