Effort vs Pocono Pines

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

Effort and Pocono Pines 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 693 in Pocono Pines). Effort has the higher median household income ($127,929 vs $108,356 in Pocono Pines). Effort has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $217,400 in Pocono Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Effort	Pocono Pines
Population	2,499	693
Median age	45.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$127,929	$108,356
Median home value	$280,500	$217,400
Median gross rent	$2,043	—
Housing units	871	2,058
Homeownership rate	89.9%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effort	Pocono Pines
Population	2,575 → 2,499 (-3.0%)	1,023 → 693 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$93,657 → $127,929 (+36.6%)	$64,744 → $108,356 (+67.4%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $280,500 (+72.8%)	$226,400 → $217,400 (-4.0%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $2,043 (+104.7%)	—

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

Pocono Pines

Population

1,023693

Median household income

$64,744$108,356

Median home value

$226,400$217,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Effort	Pocono Pines
Under 5	7.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	8.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	5.9%
45 to 54	17.4%	27.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	24.4%
75 and over	11.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effort	Pocono Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effort	Pocono Pines
No high school diploma	5.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effort	Pocono Pines
Drove alone	88.6%	48.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	3.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	37.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effort	Pocono Pines
1-unit, detached	86.5%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Effort	Pocono Pines
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.95	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	49	18
Median year structure built	1986	1977