Ephrata is home to 13,772 people in Pennsylvania. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. Density works out to 4,029 people per square mile. 56% of homes are owner-occupied. The typical home is worth $224,400, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 6%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,735, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Ephrata
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$188,405 → $224,400(+19%)US over the same years: +67%
White share96.3% → 85.9%(−10.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Ephrata's population equals 2.5% of Lancaster County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.3% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.8% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)10.7%(75)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.3%(142)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.2%(260)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War13.8%(96)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 698 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Ephrata, decade by decade
Ephrata population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,133
$74,179
$188,405
12.8%
9.1
2000
13,213
$75,690
$179,615
13.7%
13.4
2010
13,394
$64,829
$217,080
18.1%
20.5
2020
13,794
$66,208
$194,290
22.0%
34.5
2024
13,772
$69,735
$224,400
23.2%
31.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
