Delaware Water Gap vs Effort

A side-by-side comparison of Delaware Water Gap and Effort: population, income, housing, and more.

Delaware Water Gap and Effort are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Effort has the higher population (2,499 vs 602 in Delaware Water Gap). Effort has the higher median household income ($127,929 vs $64,083 in Delaware Water Gap). Effort has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $248,400 in Delaware Water Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware Water Gap	Effort
Population	602	2,499
Median age	51.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,083	$127,929
Median home value	$248,400	$280,500
Median gross rent	$1,070	$2,043
Housing units	337	871
Homeownership rate	62.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware Water Gap	Effort
Population	699 → 602 (-13.9%)	2,575 → 2,499 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $64,083 (-14.1%)	$93,657 → $127,929 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $248,400 (+31.8%)	$162,300 → $280,500 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,070 (-6.0%)	$998 → $2,043 (+104.7%)

Delaware Water Gap

Population

699602

Median household income

$74,583$64,083

Median home value

$188,500$248,400

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,070

Effort

Population

2,5752,499

Median household income

$93,657$127,929

Median home value

$162,300$280,500

Median gross rent

$998$2,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Effort
Under 5	1.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	9.8%	8.0%
18 to 24	15.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	17.4%
55 to 64	23.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.9%
75 and over	9.6%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Effort
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	54.3%
Black or African American	5.8%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	23.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware Water Gap	Effort
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Effort
Drove alone	86.8%	88.6%
Carpooled	3.0%	2.3%
Public transit	2.3%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Effort
1-unit, detached	64.4%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Delaware Water Gap	Effort
Poverty rate	14.1%	2.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	49
Median year structure built	1938	1986