Effort vs Sun Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Effort and Sun Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sun Valley has the higher population (2,559 vs 2,499 in Effort). Effort has the higher median household income ($127,929 vs $70,887 in Sun Valley). Effort has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $210,600 in Sun Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Effort	Sun Valley
Population	2,499	2,559
Median age	45.9 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$127,929	$70,887
Median home value	$280,500	$210,600
Median gross rent	$2,043	—
Housing units	871	1,172
Homeownership rate	89.9%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effort	Sun Valley
Population	2,575 → 2,499 (-3.0%)	2,330 → 2,559 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$93,657 → $127,929 (+36.6%)	$65,076 → $70,887 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $280,500 (+72.8%)	$148,200 → $210,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $2,043 (+104.7%)	$1,300 → $1,602 (+23.2%)

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

Sun Valley

Population

2,3302,559

Median household income

$65,076$70,887

Median home value

$148,200$210,600

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Effort	Sun Valley
Under 5	7.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	17.4%	18.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	19.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.4%
75 and over	11.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effort	Sun Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	78.8%
Black or African American	8.6%	14.5%
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%	1.1%
Two or more races	23.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effort	Sun Valley
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effort	Sun Valley
Drove alone	88.6%	77.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	14.3%
Public transit	1.4%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effort	Sun Valley
1-unit, detached	86.5%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Effort	Sun Valley
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.95	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	49	38
Median year structure built	1986	1989