Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Ephrata Township (5.4%) is higher than in 67% of U.S. towns
Only 8% work in Ephrata Township; the top destination outside it is Ephrata (7%, 3 miles). For jobs and income Ephrata Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+). 6% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Ephrata Township apart
Ephrata Township trades workers with the towns around it
Ephrata Township has about as many jobs (4,485) as working residents (4,636), but they are mostly different people: 4,273 residents leave for work each day while 4,122 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Ephrata Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Ephrata Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Ephrata, gets only 7% of working residents, and 54% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Ephrata Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Ephrata Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 25% of Ephrata Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Ephrata Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Ephrata Township’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ephrata Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many people are in Ephrata Township by day
On a workday 4,273 residents head out to work, 363 work right here, and 4,122 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Ephrata Township work
Where Ephrata Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Ephrata Township makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
4,485 jobs are based in Ephrata Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ephrata Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,441 → 4,485. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ephrata Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ephrata Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,162 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ephrata Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Ephrata Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,505 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of Ephrata Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ephrata Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ephrata Township ranks: 1,237th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 45 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 50 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 63 | Upper Uwchlan Township PA | 13,681 | $191K | 1.6% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,235 | Terrace Heights WA | 10,041 | $83K | 14.4% | 0.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,236 | Middletown KY | 9,944 | $83K | 9.1% | 4.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,237 | Ephrata Township PA | 10,675 | $85K | 6.7% | 5.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,238 | La Riviera CA | 11,492 | $98K | 10.8% | 5.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,239 | North Branch MN | 12,398 | $90K | 7.7% | 4.1% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ephrata Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 21% of Ephrata Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ephrata Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephrata Township | – | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $85,058 |
| Ephrata | 7% | B+ | A− | 23 min | $69,735 |
| East Cocalico Township | 5% | A | C+ | 21 min | $96,875 |
| Warwick Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 24 min | $104,013 |
| Akron | under 3% | A | B+ | 24 min | $76,569 |
| West Earl Township | 3% | A− | A− | 21 min | $98,068 |
| Rothsville | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Earl Township | 3% | B+ | B+ | 19 min | $83,793 |
| Clay Township | 3% | A | C− | 28 min | $84,389 |
| Hinkletown | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Stevens | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rothsville, Hinkletown and Stevens: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ephrata. Darker towns draw more of Ephrata Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ephrata Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ephrata Township?
$85,058 (±$20,871) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ephrata Township?
6.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ephrata Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ephrata Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ephrata (7%, 3 mi), Lancaster (6%, 12 mi), East Cocalico Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Ephrata Township walkable?
Ephrata Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ephrata Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ephrata Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ephrata Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.