Elizabethtown vs Ephrata

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabethtown and Ephrata: population, income, housing, and more.

Elizabethtown and Ephrata are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ephrata has the higher population (13,729 vs 11,857 in Elizabethtown). Ephrata has the higher median household income ($68,117 vs $67,770 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($222,600 vs $215,100 in Ephrata).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Ephrata
Population	11,857	13,729
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,770	$68,117
Median home value	$222,600	$215,100
Median gross rent	$1,038	$1,070
Housing units	4,786	5,905
Homeownership rate	54.4%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Ephrata
Population	11,469 → 11,857 (+3.4%)	13,810 → 13,729 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$62,219 → $67,770 (+8.9%)	$51,954 → $68,117 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $222,600 (+23.7%)	$155,400 → $215,100 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,038 (+12.0%)	$860 → $1,070 (+24.4%)

Elizabethtown

Population

11,46911,857

Median household income

$62,219$67,770

Median home value

$180,000$222,600

Median gross rent

$927$1,038

Ephrata

Population

13,81013,729

Median household income

$51,954$68,117

Median home value

$155,400$215,100

Median gross rent

$860$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Ephrata
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	18.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.8%
75 and over	8.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Ephrata
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	83.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Ephrata
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Ephrata
Drove alone	72.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	9.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Ephrata
1-unit, detached	39.1%	35.9%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	30.5%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	13.3%
20 or more units	11.2%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Ephrata
Poverty rate	7.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1963	1968