† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupEphrataWashingtonUnited States
German16.9%14.5%12.5%
English15.5%12.1%9.5%
Irish9.1%9.8%9.4%
American5.9%3.8%5.3%
Norwegian3.8%4.0%—
Scottish2.5%2.6%1.3%
French2.4%—1.6%
Italian2.2%3.1%4.8%
Mexican30.5%10.8%11.3%
Honduran0.6%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.6%0.4%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Ephrata
Washington
United States
Median age
31.9
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.5%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ephrata
Washington
United States
Median household income
$69,551
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.8%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.8%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ephrata
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.5%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
23.1%
9.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ephrata
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Ephrata, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.3%
2008
−21.5%
2012
−26.1%
2016
−34.4%
2020
−31.1%
2024
−31.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
32.7%Harris1,172
63.9%Trump2,290
3.5%
R+31.2
R+0.1
R+29.7
3,586
R
32.7%Biden1,232
63.8%Trump2,404
3.5%
R+31.1
D+3.2
R+35.6
3,767
R
28.0%Clinton824
62.3%Trump1,836
9.7%
R+34.4
R+8.2
R+36.4
2,946
R
35.1%Obama1,037
61.2%Romney1,809
3.7%
R+26.1
R+4.6
R+30.0
2,955
R
37.9%Obama1,121
59.4%McCain1,756
2.6%
R+21.5
D+11.8
R+28.8
2,954
R
32.1%Kerry900
65.4%Bush1,834
2.5%
R+33.3
—
R+30.9
2,804
Ephrata sits at the administrative center of one of Washington's most productive irrigation-farming counties, where Republican margins have consistently run above 70% in recent statewide cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 34.4 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 31.2 points.
A population of 8,560, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,551 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Selah and Rupert.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Ephrata, Washington voted Republican by 31.2 points (R+31.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,586 votes cast, 1,172 went Democratic and 2,290 went Republican.
How many people live in Ephrata, Washington?
Ephrata, Washington has a population of 8,560 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ephrata, Washington?
Median household income in Ephrata, Washington is $69,551 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Ephrata, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ephrata, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
