Estimated median household income in 2007: $44,533
| This zip code: | $44,533 | | Washington: | $55,591 |
Nearest zip codes: 98851, 98845, 98848, 98853, 98837, 99357.
Housing units in zip code 98823 with a mortgage: 1,074 (169 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 598
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,071
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $362
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 14.4% | | Whole state: | 11.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 4.9% | | Whole state: | 5.1% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.0 | | State: | 6.3 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.0 | | State: | 3.9 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 78
- 1995 to 1998: 455
- 1990 to 1994: 208
- 1980 to 1989: 299
- 1970 to 1979: 706
- 1960 to 1969: 323
- 1950 to 1959: 1,058
- 1940 to 1949: 482
- 1939 or earlier: 177
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ephrata, WA (98823): |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 107
- 2 bedrooms: 687
- 3 bedrooms: 1,096
- 4 bedrooms: 524
- 5 or more bedrooms: 113
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 50
- 1 bedrooms: 271
- 2 bedrooms: 390
- 3 bedrooms: 195
- 4 bedrooms: 53
- 5 or more bedrooms: 10
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Vehicles available in 98823 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 84
- 1 vehicle: 507
- 2 vehicles: 1,168
- 3 vehicles: 543
- 4 vehicles: 159
- 5 or more vehicles: 66
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 138
- 1 vehicle: 457
- 2 vehicles: 266
- 3 vehicles: 93
- 4 vehicles: 5
- 5 or more vehicles: 10
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 98823:
- Less than $10,000: 37
- $10,000 to $14,999: 19
- $15,000 to $19,999: 21
- $20,000 to $24,999: 28
- $25,000 to $29,999: 25
- $30,000 to $34,999: 18
- $35,000 to $39,999: 22
- $40,000 to $49,999: 52
- $50,000 to $59,999: 40
- $60,000 to $69,999: 27
- $70,000 to $79,999: 19
- $80,000 to $89,999: 35
- $90,000 to $99,999: 64
- $100,000 to $124,999: 251
- $125,000 to $149,999: 331
- $150,000 to $174,999: 391
- $175,000 to $199,999: 276
- $200,000 to $249,999: 395
- $250,000 to $299,999: 253
- $300,000 to $399,999: 231
- $400,000 to $499,999: 73
- $500,000 to $749,999: 57
- $750,000 to $999,999: 12
- $1,000,000 or more: 26
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 98823:
- Less than $100: 8
- $100 to $149: 36
- $150 to $199: 56
- $200 to $249: 38
- $250 to $299: 49
- $300 to $349: 57
- $350 to $399: 51
- $400 to $449: 47
- $450 to $499: 80
- $500 to $549: 35
- $550 to $599: 59
- $600 to $649: 43
- $650 to $699: 41
- $700 to $749: 10
- $750 to $799: 12
- No cash rent: 83
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $154,188.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $173,509
- Asian householders: $307,808
- Some other race householders: $175,971
- Two or more races householders: $157,408
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $183,927
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $171,240 (it was $91,200 in 2000)
| 98823: | $171,240 | | Washington: | $300,800 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $113,065 - $220,045
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $217,994| Here: | $217,994 | | State: | $389,314 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $164,795| Here: | $164,795 | | State: | $335,498 |
In 2-unit structures: $189,299| Here: | $189,299 | | State: | $357,000 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $177,757| Here: | $177,757 | | State: | $300,953 |
Mobile homes: $75,511| Here: | $75,511 | | State: | $80,529 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,328
- One, attached: 93
- Two: 112
- 3 or 4: 73
- 5 to 9: 67
- 10 to 19: 35
- 20 to 49: 114
- 50 or more: 92
- Mobile homes: 872

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 2,896 (75%)
- Carpooled: 498 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 20 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 37 (1%)
- Walked: 198 (5%)
- Other means: 30 (1%)
- Worked at home: 177 (5%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 495
- 5 to 9 minutes: 823
- 10 to 14 minutes: 451
- 15 to 19 minutes: 342
- 20 to 24 minutes: 459
- 25 to 29 minutes: 219
- 30 to 34 minutes: 475
- 35 to 39 minutes: 57
- 40 to 44 minutes: 43
- 45 to 59 minutes: 153
- 60 to 89 minutes: 87
- 90 or more minutes: 92
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 94.7%
Household type by relationship
Households: 9,624
- In family households: 8,554 (2,200 male householders, 414 female householders)
2,157 spouses, 3,340 children (2,900 natural, 164 adopted, 276 stepchildren), 135 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 111 other relatives, 168 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,070 (385 male householders (284 living alone)), 534 female householders (518 living alone)), 151 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 256 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,086 2-persons, 504 3-persons, 482 4-persons, 331 5-persons, 147 6-persons, 64 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 802 1-person, 100 2-persons, 6 4-persons, 11 5-persons.
2,182 married couples with children.
623 single-parent households (174 men, 449 women).
85.7% of residents of 98823 zip code speak English at home.
11.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% very well, 23% well, 22% not well, 18% not at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% very well, 18% well, 23% not well, 4% not at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (91% very well, 9% well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 995 (10.1%)
(34.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 10.1% | | Whole state: | 10.4% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (68%)
- Canada (8%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- Russia (5%)
- Germany (3%)
- India (2%)
- Netherlands (2%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 247
- 1990 to 1994: 226
- 1985 to 1989: 190
- 1980 to 1984: 58
- 1975 to 1979: 46
- 1970 to 1974: 24
- 1970 to 1974: 50
- 1965 to 1969: 154
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White population: 8,925
Black population: 32
American Indian population: 74
Asian population: 58
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 10
Some other race population: 566
Two or more races population: 232

First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 1442 |
|  German: 1372 |
|  United States or American: 855 |
|  Irish: 729 |
|  English: 704 |
|  Norwegian: 298 |
|  European: 228 |
|  Swedish: 192 |
|  Scottish: 189 |
|  French Canadian: 188 |
|  Dutch: 147 |
|  French (except Basque): 131 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 117 |
|  Ukrainian: 101 |
|  Danish: 95 |
|  Italian: 87 |
|  Canadian: 76 |
|  Russian: 73 |
|  Swiss: 64 |
|  Arab:: 37 |
|  British: 37 |
|  Syrian: 37 |
|  Scandinavian: 36 |
|  Serbian: 34 |
|  Polish: 31 |
|  Welsh: 31 |
|  Greek: 27 |
|  Austrian: 24 |
|  Portuguese: 20 |
|  Czech: 19 |
|  Finnish: 10 |
|  Basque: 9 |
|  Celtic: 8 |
|  Icelander: 8 |
|  Hungarian: 6 |
|  Belgian: 5 |

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- 105 EPHRATA CHEVRON (203 NW BASIN in EPHRATA, WA)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
STATE MASTER (Washington State Department of Ecology's Facility/Site identification system) - TOXICS-10320, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM, HAZWASTE-CRK000030190, EPCRA, HAZWASTE-WAD988516415, CESQG
Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
Organizations: ROGERS EPHRATA CHEVRON (CONTACT/ HAZARDOUS WASTE)
, MARK DALBECK (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, BASIN OIL CO INC (HAZARDOUS WASTE LAND OWNER)
Alternative names: ROGERS EPHRATA CHEVRON
- CENTRAL WASHINGTON CONCRETE EPHRATA (2651 HWY 282 in EPHRATA, WA)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
STATE MASTER (Washington State Department of Ecology's Facility/Site identification system) - TOXICS-100513, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM, WATQUAL-WAG507036, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, HAZWASTE-CRK000060840, EPCRA
Business SIC classification: CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE; CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL; READY-MIXED CONCRETE
Organizations: CPM DEVELOPMENT (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: CENTRAL WASH CONCRETE, CENTRAL WASH CONCRETE EPHRATA, CPM DEVELOPMENT CORP
- CB AUTO BODY REPAIR (136 2ND NE in EPHRATA, WA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
STATE MASTER (Washington State Department of Ecology's Facility/Site identification system) - HAZWASTE-WAD988516373, CESQG
Business SIC classification: NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
- COLUMBIA RIDGE ELEMENTARY (60 H ST SE in EPHRATA, WA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-2793
Organizations: EPHRATA SCHOOL DIST 165 (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- CENTRAL WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENT (S33 T21N R26EWM SE1/4 in EPHRATA, WA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- CENEX SUPPLY & MARKETING INCORPORATED (715 DODSON ROAD NW in EPHRATA, WA)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Median worth of mobile homes: $107,714
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Electricity (98%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5525
- Northeast: 89
- Midwest: 813
- South: 405
- West: 1978
52% of the 98823 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Washington.
Population in 1990: 8,779. Population change in the 1990s: +1,118 (+12.7%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 0.9% | | Washington: | 9.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 0.6% | | Washington: | 7.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 1.6% | | Washington: | 15.7% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- JACO CONSTRUCTION INC (103 12 TH AVE SW in EPHRATA, WA; small business)
$66,575 with Army for Other Quality Control, Testing and Inspection Services -- Miscellaneous. Taking place in CA. Signed on 2000-12-28. Completion date: 2001-06-30.
- COUNTRY DELI, THE (245 BASIN ST NW in EPHRATA, WA; small business)
$2,520 with Army for Food Cooking, Baking, and Serving Equipment. Signed on 2005-01-04. Completion date: 2005-01-09.
- JACO ANALYTICAL LAB INC (103 12TH AVE SW in EPHRATA, WA; small business): $225 in 2 contracts from 2004 to 2005
$5,000 with Army for Other Environmental Services, Studies, and Analytical Support. Signed on 2004-03-18. Completion date: 2005-03-17.
$-4,775, same as above. Signed on 2005-06-13. Completion date: 2005-03-17.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (100-249 employees: 1 establishment)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 2, 10-19: 2, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 1)
- Wholesale Trade: Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals (50-99: 1, 10-19: 1)
- Finance and Insurance: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (50-99: 1, 1-4: 4)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
- Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 6, 1-4: 6)
- Educational Services: Elementary and Secondary Schools (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
People in group quarters
- 173 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 29 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 13 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 13 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 11 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other workers' dormitories
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