Most of Effort commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Effort has 198 jobs, against 784 working residents. Hardly any work in Effort; the top destination outside it is Chestnuthill Township (12%, 2 miles). Working residents average 41 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Effort apart on work
Effort workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Effort is a place people come home to
There are 198 jobs based in Effort, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Effort has about 1,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 784 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 41 minutes to work from Effort
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Effort workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 625 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Effort
On a workday 779 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Effort on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Effort’s working residents head each day
Where Effort clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 29% of Effort’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Effort, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 198. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Effort’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Effort goes to work
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Effort: questions
What is the median household income in Effort?
$110,909 (±$63,840) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Effort?
3.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Effort?
41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Effort work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chestnuthill Township (12%, 2 mi), Pocono Township (5%, 10 mi), New York City (4%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Effort without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Effort, from the people who make the trip.
More of Effort
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.