† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupEphrataPennsylvaniaUnited States
German34.3%21.6%12.5%
Irish11.8%14.8%9.4%
English10.2%8.3%9.5%
Italian6.6%10.6%4.8%
American5.9%4.4%5.3%
Polish3.1%5.4%2.2%
French1.7%—1.6%
Scottish1.7%1.1%1.3%
Puerto Rican4.3%3.7%1.8%
Dominican0.8%1.4%0.7%
Mexican0.6%1.4%11.3%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.2%0.4%
African American†1.4%8.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%——
Vietnamese0.3%0.3%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.9%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Ephrata
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
37.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ephrata
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$69,735
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.9%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.2%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ephrata
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.9%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.1%
5.6%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
2.5%
0.8%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ephrata
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Ephrata, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−37.2%
2008
−16.9%
2012
−27.4%
2016
−32.5%
2020
−24.6%
2024
−26.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
35.9%Harris2,582
62.4%Trump4,485
1.7%
R+26.5
R+1.8
R+25.0
7,191
R
36.6%Biden2,491
61.2%Trump4,168
2.2%
R+24.6
D+7.9
R+29.1
6,812
R
30.3%Clinton1,795
62.8%Trump3,719
6.9%
R+32.5
R+5.1
R+34.6
5,921
R
35.3%Obama1,876
62.8%Romney3,331
1.9%
R+27.4
R+10.5
R+31.3
5,307
R
40.9%Obama2,303
57.8%McCain3,256
1.4%
R+16.9
D+20.3
R+24.2
5,636
R
31.0%Kerry1,706
68.2%Bush3,750
0.7%
R+37.2
—
R+34.7
5,497
Ephrata sits in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, where a durable light-industrial base and a historically Anabaptist cultural fabric have shaped a community that trends reliably conservative in federal and statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 37.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.5 points.
A population of 13,772, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,735 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Parkville and Effingham.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Ephrata, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 26.5 points (R+26.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,191 votes cast, 2,582 went Democratic and 4,485 went Republican.
How many people live in Ephrata, Pennsylvania?
Ephrata, Pennsylvania has a population of 13,772 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ephrata, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Ephrata, Pennsylvania is $69,735 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Ephrata, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ephrata, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
