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Ephrata township, Lancaster County, PA

10,632 Population
16.2 square miles 654.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lancaster County: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,482 ±$4,338 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lancaster County: $43,128 ±$611
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,058 ±$20,871 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lancaster County: $86,959 ±$1,323
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.7% ±3.7% (699  ±380) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 8.2% 44,440 (±0.5% / ±2,685)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±2.9 (122,215  ±18,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 23.8 5,820,485 (±0.3 / ±94,254)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,180 ±198 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 212,748 ±813
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (10,421  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lancaster County: 2.6 542,429 (±0 / ±106)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±2.6% (68  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 6.4% 7,863 (±0.4% / ±518)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,325 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 219,224 ±92
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$344,100 ±$29,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lancaster County: $301,100 ±$4,176
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±7% (1,129  ±735.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lancaster County: 10.3% 57,007 (±0.5% / ±2,995.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±9.5% (6,602  ±769.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lancaster County: 87.5% 332,692 (±1.1% / ±4,055.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.8% ±5.8% (2,078  ±445.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 32.4% 123,275 (±0.6% / ±2,431.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±1.2% (208  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Lancaster County: 5.8% 32,433
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±2% (446  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lancaster County: 5.7% 24,325 (±0.2% / ±1,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
446 Total veterans ±167 405 Male ±152 41 Female ±50

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