Overview Effingham is a tiny city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 484 people and just one neighborhood, Effingham is the 255th largest community in Kansas. Effingham has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities. Occupations and Workforce Effingham is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Effingham is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Effingham who work in management occupations (27.20%), office and administrative support (16.27%), and healthcare suport services (11.73%). Setting & Lifestyle Overall, Effingham鈥檚 crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Effingham has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Effingham has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Effingham than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Effingham may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Effingham doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute. Effingham Demographics The population of Effingham has a very low overall level of education: only 8.66% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Effingham in 2022 was $40,093, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,372 for a family of four. However, Effingham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Effingham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Effingham residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Effingham include German, Irish, English, Swiss, and French. The most common language spoken in Effingham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.