Exeter, RI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Exeter, RI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,111. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet EXETER-RI · Exeter, RI 1 ZIPs · 6,111 pop · #2790/25278 · Washington County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $112,813
  • RANK-TOP #2790/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wakefield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,111
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $520,100

Nearest income peer: Wakefield, RI ( $582 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Exeter

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Exeter on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Exeter, RI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,111
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$112,813
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $112,813 and home value $520,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 44.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Exeter as a pure owner town.

Within Rhode Island, Foster is the closest lower-income city and Albion the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Exeter.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 02822, is all of Exeter

There is no split to weigh here: 02822 holds every one of Exeter's 6,111 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Exeter's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 163 establishments, 1,452 employees , annual payroll $72,649k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02822 (163 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (32) · also Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Exeter, RI

These ZIP codes sit in Washington County, which covers 20 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Exeter. See the Washington County roll-up →

Exeter lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Washington County: North Kingstown, Saunderstown and West Kingston earn more and Westerly, Narragansett and Kingston earn less. Kingston marks the far end of that range at $56,472, 50% below Exeter.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
02822 6,111 $112,813 163 42

Exeter roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Exeter, .