Effort vs Mount Pocono

A side-by-side comparison of Effort and Mount Pocono: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Pocono has the higher population (3,086 vs 2,499 in Effort). Effort has the higher median household income ($127,929 vs $86,096 in Mount Pocono). Effort has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $170,000 in Mount Pocono).

Population, income & housing

	Effort	Mount Pocono
Population	2,499	3,086
Median age	45.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$127,929	$86,096
Median home value	$280,500	$170,000
Median gross rent	$2,043	$840
Housing units	871	1,403
Homeownership rate	89.9%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effort	Mount Pocono
Population	2,575 → 2,499 (-3.0%)	3,096 → 3,086 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$93,657 → $127,929 (+36.6%)	$47,071 → $86,096 (+82.9%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $280,500 (+72.8%)	$136,800 → $170,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $2,043 (+104.7%)	$831 → $840 (+1.1%)

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

Mount Pocono

Population

3,0963,086

Median household income

$47,071$86,096

Median home value

$136,800$170,000

Median gross rent

$831$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Effort	Mount Pocono
Under 5	7.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	8.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	17.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.0%
75 and over	11.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effort	Mount Pocono
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	42.6%
Black or African American	8.6%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.7%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effort	Mount Pocono
No high school diploma	5.0%	15.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effort	Mount Pocono
Drove alone	88.6%	63.7%
Carpooled	2.3%	23.1%
Public transit	1.4%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effort	Mount Pocono
1-unit, detached	86.5%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Effort	Mount Pocono
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	49	51
Median year structure built	1986	1984