Cascade Valley vs Ephrata

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

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

Ephrata has the higher population (8,493 vs 3,824 in Cascade Valley). Ephrata has the higher median household income ($70,321 vs $48,862 in Cascade Valley). Ephrata has the higher median home value ($240,000 vs $101,100 in Cascade Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade Valley	Ephrata
Population	3,824	8,493
Median age	46.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,862	$70,321
Median home value	$101,100	$240,000
Median gross rent	$1,192	$993
Housing units	1,946	3,220
Homeownership rate	72.2%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade Valley	Ephrata
Population	1,673 → 3,824 (+128.6%)	8,072 → 8,493 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$45,878 → $48,862 (+6.5%)	$54,587 → $70,321 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$263,600 → $101,100 (-61.6%)	$162,900 → $240,000 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $1,192 (+88.9%)	$696 → $993 (+42.7%)

Cascade Valley

Population

1,6733,824

Median household income

$45,878$48,862

Median home value

$263,600$101,100

Median gross rent

$631$1,192

Ephrata

Population

8,0728,493

Median household income

$54,587$70,321

Median home value

$162,900$240,000

Median gross rent

$696$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade Valley	Ephrata
Under 5	3.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	9.3%	27.3%
18 to 24	16.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	21.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	7.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.9%
75 and over	5.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade Valley	Ephrata
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade Valley	Ephrata
No high school diploma	29.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade Valley	Ephrata
Drove alone	59.5%	85.8%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.0%
Public transit	13.9%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade Valley	Ephrata
1-unit, detached	48.7%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Cascade Valley	Ephrata
Poverty rate	13.9%	16.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1987	1963