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Ephrata, WA

8,560 Population
10.5 square miles 816.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 33.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,155 ±$3,411 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $33,242 ±$1,436
  • about half the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,551 ±$11,224 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $73,267 ±$3,441
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.8% ±9% (1,739  ±756) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 15.9% † 15,987 (±1.8% / ±1,781)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±2.5 (69,435  ±12,181) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 20.2 796,830 (±1.2 / ±53,910)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,224 ±286 Number of households
  • the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 35,398 ±515
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (8,381  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 2.8 98,613 (±0 / ±255)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.9% ±8.6% (187  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,558 (±1.6% / ±363)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,347 ±275 Number of housing units
  • the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 40,214 ±136
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$252,000 ±$26,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $299,500 ±$12,090
  • about half the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±4.3% (755  ±361.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 13.4% † 13,510 (±1.7% / ±1,667.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±9.5% (4,667  ±589) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 81.4% 51,433 (±3% / ±1,916.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.8% ±5.8% (861  ±304) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 18.4% 11,645 (±1.2% / ±768.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about half 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

6.1% ±2.9% (522  ±248) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 16.1% 16,431
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±2.5% (310  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 6.5% † 4,727 (±0.8% / ±558)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
310 Total veterans ±148 260 Male ±132 50 Female ±46

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