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Effort, PA
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Effort profile


Living in Effort



Effort is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,965 people and three associated neighborhoods, Effort is the 654th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Also of interest is that Effort has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Effort telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.86% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Effort is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Effort really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Effort perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Effort, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 41.34 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Effort is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.61% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Effort in 2018 was $41,939, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,756 for a family of four. However, Effort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Effort is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Effort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Effort residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Effort also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.39% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Effort include German, English, Italian, Pennsylvania German, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Effort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.