Ephrata vs Millersville

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

Ephrata and Millersville 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 8,711 in Millersville). Ephrata has the higher median household income ($68,117 vs $65,721 in Millersville). Millersville has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $215,100 in Ephrata).

Population, income & housing

	Ephrata	Millersville
Population	13,729	8,711
Median age	36.8 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,117	$65,721
Median home value	$215,100	$265,500
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,322
Housing units	5,905	2,380
Homeownership rate	54.3%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ephrata	Millersville
Population	13,810 → 13,729 (-0.6%)	8,322 → 8,711 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$51,954 → $68,117 (+31.1%)	$51,077 → $65,721 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$155,400 → $215,100 (+38.4%)	$175,100 → $265,500 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,070 (+24.4%)	$1,177 → $1,322 (+12.3%)

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

Millersville

Population

8,3228,711

Median household income

$51,077$65,721

Median home value

$175,100$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ephrata	Millersville
Under 5	6.3%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	41.8%
25 to 34	17.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.1%
75 and over	9.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ephrata	Millersville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	75.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ephrata	Millersville
No high school diploma	11.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	42.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ephrata	Millersville
Drove alone	80.1%	67.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	3.4%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ephrata	Millersville
1-unit, detached	35.9%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	30.5%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ephrata	Millersville
Poverty rate	9.3%	24.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1968	1965