Desert Aire vs Ephrata

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

Desert Aire 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 2,953 in Desert Aire). Desert Aire has the higher median household income ($83,482 vs $70,321 in Ephrata). Desert Aire has the higher median home value ($434,600 vs $240,000 in Ephrata).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Aire	Ephrata
Population	2,953	8,493
Median age	30.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,482	$70,321
Median home value	$434,600	$240,000
Median gross rent	$1,689	$993
Housing units	1,322	3,220
Homeownership rate	85.6%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Aire	Ephrata
Population	2,712 → 2,953 (+8.9%)	8,072 → 8,493 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$66,127 → $83,482 (+26.2%)	$54,587 → $70,321 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$233,400 → $434,600 (+86.2%)	$162,900 → $240,000 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,689 (+62.1%)	$696 → $993 (+42.7%)

Desert Aire

Population

2,7122,953

Median household income

$66,127$83,482

Median home value

$233,400$434,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,689

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)

	Desert Aire	Ephrata
Under 5	8.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	26.2%	27.3%
18 to 24	0.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	18.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	4.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	5.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	7.9%
75 and over	4.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Aire	Ephrata
White (non-Hispanic)	30.5%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	68.8%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Aire	Ephrata
No high school diploma	27.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Aire	Ephrata
Drove alone	65.5%	85.8%
Carpooled	30.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Aire	Ephrata
1-unit, detached	69.6%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Desert Aire	Ephrata
Poverty rate	6.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	2002	1963