Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ephrata borough GEOCODE:42-3675 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,095 100.0% 12,133 100.0% 1,038 9.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,725 87.7% 10,245 84.4% 520 5.3 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 95 0.9% 55 0.5% -40 -42.1 -0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,824 97.6% 11,848 97.7% 1,024 9.5 0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 12 0.1% 14 0.1% 2 16.7 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 153 1.4% 136 1.1% -17 -11.1 -0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 7 0.1% 44 0.4% 37 528.6 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 167 1.5% 232 1.9% 65 38.9 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 761 6.9% 870 7.2% 109 14.3 0.3 5-17.................. 2,088 18.8% 2,029 16.7% -59 -2.8 -2.1 18-24.................. 1,296 11.7% 1,281 10.6% -15 -1.2 -1.1 25-44.................. 3,104 28.0% 4,019 33.1% 915 29.5 5.1 45-64.................. 2,335 21.0% 2,185 18.0% -150 -6.4 -3.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,511 13.6% 1,749 14.4% 238 15.8 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,849 25.7% 2,899 23.9% 50 1.8 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 4,466 40.3% 4,751 39.2% 285 6.4 -1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.4 33.2 0.9 2.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,513 $30,907 394 1.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,523 $34,865 -658 -1.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,088 $14,692 1,604 12.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 547 5.0% 698 5.8% 151 27.6 0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,327 100.0% 4,921 100.0% 594 13.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,201 74.0% 3,432 69.7% 231 7.2 -4.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,050 47.4% 2,258 45.9% 208 10.1 -1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,788 64.4% 2,860 58.1% 72 2.6 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,326 30.6% 1,311 26.6% -15 -1.1 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 294 6.8% 347 7.1% 53 18.0 0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 138 3.2% 216 4.4% 78 56.5 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 998 23.1% 1,233 25.1% 235 23.5 2.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 -0.1 -3.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,950 100.0% 7,953 100.0% 1,003 14.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,640 38.0% 3,372 42.4% 732 27.7 4.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 634 9.1% 1,018 12.8% 384 60.6 3.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,844 100.0% 6,881 100.0% 1,037 17.7 FEMALE................ 2,571 44.0% 3,104 45.1% 533 20.7 1.1 EMPLOYED.............. 5,669 97.0% 6,724 97.7% 1,055 18.6 0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 915 15.7% 1,161 16.9% 246 26.9 1.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 535 9.2% 819 11.9% 284 53.1 2.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,403 100.0% 5,047 100.0% 644 14.6 OCCUPIED.............. 4,267 96.9% 4,894 97.0% 627 14.7 0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,627 61.6% 2,899 59.2% 272 10.4 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $72,610 $87,006 14,395 19.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,640 38.4% 1,995 40.8% 355 21.6 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $335 $430 95 28.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,895 65.8% 3,565 70.6% 670 23.1 4.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 103 2.3% 119 2.4% 16 15.5 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1943.6 1954.0 10.4 0.5 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis