Ephrata vs Willow Street

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

Ephrata and Willow Street 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 10,010 in Willow Street). Willow Street has the higher median household income ($106,867 vs $68,117 in Ephrata). Willow Street has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $215,100 in Ephrata).

Population, income & housing

	Ephrata	Willow Street
Population	13,729	10,010
Median age	36.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,117	$106,867
Median home value	$215,100	$298,200
Median gross rent	$1,070	$2,453
Housing units	5,905	4,674
Homeownership rate	54.3%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ephrata	Willow Street
Population	13,810 → 13,729 (-0.6%)	8,478 → 10,010 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$51,954 → $68,117 (+31.1%)	$76,007 → $106,867 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$155,400 → $215,100 (+38.4%)	$248,000 → $298,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,070 (+24.4%)	$2,083 → $2,453 (+17.8%)

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

Willow Street

Population

8,47810,010

Median household income

$76,007$106,867

Median home value

$248,000$298,200

Median gross rent

$2,083$2,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ephrata	Willow Street
Under 5	6.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.2%
75 and over	9.0%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ephrata	Willow Street
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	82.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ephrata	Willow Street
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	42.1%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ephrata	Willow Street
Drove alone	80.1%	81.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	12.9%
Other means	0.4%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ephrata	Willow Street
1-unit, detached	35.9%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	30.5%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	4.3%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ephrata	Willow Street
Poverty rate	9.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1968	1989