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Ephrata, WA

8,493 Population
10.5 square miles 810.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 33.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,192 ±$3,374 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $32,241 ±$1,351
  • about half the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$70,321 ±$12,956 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $71,115 ±$3,731
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

16.1% ±8.7% (1,337  ±725) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 15% † 14,884 (±2% / ±1,991)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

20.9 minutes ±2.2 (66,465  ±10,290) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 20.2 790,470 (±1 / ±45,367)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

3,082 ±305 Number of households
  • the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 34,502 ±523
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.7 ±0.3 (8,325  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 2.8 97,802 (±0 / ±216)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

6.6% ±6% (125  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 7% † 1,595 (±1.7% / ±397)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

3,220 ±313 Number of housing units
  • the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 39,496 ±85
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$240,000 ±$21,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: $275,700 ±$9,684
  • about half the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

8.4% ±3.6% (709  ±300.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 14.5% † 14,400 (±2.5% / ±2,481.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

93% ±9% (4,705  ±586.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 81.4% 50,469 (±2.9% / ±1,819.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
15.5% ±5.4% (782  ±279.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 18.2% 11,260 (±1.4% / ±846)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

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

4.7% ±2.1% (396  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 16.2% 16,247
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

7.8% ±2.4% (431  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Moses Lake, WA Micro Area: 7% 4,999 (±0.7% / ±465)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
431 Total veterans ±137 396 Male ±134 35 Female ±39

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