Effort vs Emerald Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Effort and Emerald Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emerald Lakes has the higher population (2,839 vs 2,499 in Effort). Effort has the higher median household income ($127,929 vs $101,688 in Emerald Lakes). Effort has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $259,900 in Emerald Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Effort	Emerald Lakes
Population	2,499	2,839
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,929	$101,688
Median home value	$280,500	$259,900
Median gross rent	$2,043	$1,016
Housing units	871	1,625
Homeownership rate	89.9%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effort	Emerald Lakes
Population	2,575 → 2,499 (-3.0%)	3,495 → 2,839 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$93,657 → $127,929 (+36.6%)	$67,500 → $101,688 (+50.6%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $280,500 (+72.8%)	$155,900 → $259,900 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $2,043 (+104.7%)	$1,400 → $1,016 (-27.4%)

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

Emerald Lakes

Population

3,4952,839

Median household income

$67,500$101,688

Median home value

$155,900$259,900

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Effort	Emerald Lakes
Under 5	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	26.5%
45 to 54	17.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	23.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	4.2%
75 and over	11.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effort	Emerald Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	50.6%
Black or African American	8.6%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	5.0%
Two or more races	23.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	32.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effort	Emerald Lakes
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effort	Emerald Lakes
Drove alone	88.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	7.3%
Public transit	1.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	18.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effort	Emerald Lakes
1-unit, detached	86.5%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Effort	Emerald Lakes
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	49	34
Median year structure built	1986	1990