Canonsburg vs Donora

A side-by-side comparison of Canonsburg and Donora: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canonsburg has the higher population (9,682 vs 4,536 in Donora). Canonsburg has the higher median household income ($80,581 vs $42,851 in Donora). Canonsburg has the higher median home value ($192,100 vs $57,700 in Donora).

Population, income & housing

	Canonsburg	Donora
Population	9,682	4,536
Median age	36.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,581	$42,851
Median home value	$192,100	$57,700
Median gross rent	$964	$842
Housing units	4,568	2,825
Homeownership rate	59.5%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canonsburg	Donora
Population	8,844 → 9,682 (+9.5%)	4,598 → 4,536 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$50,077 → $80,581 (+60.9%)	$33,620 → $42,851 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $192,100 (+43.5%)	$55,700 → $57,700 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $964 (+21.6%)	$574 → $842 (+46.7%)

Canonsburg

Population

8,8449,682

Median household income

$50,077$80,581

Median home value

$133,900$192,100

Median gross rent

$793$964

Donora

Population

4,5984,536

Median household income

$33,620$42,851

Median home value

$55,700$57,700

Median gross rent

$574$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canonsburg	Donora
Under 5	5.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	17.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.5%
75 and over	7.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canonsburg	Donora
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	72.6%
Black or African American	4.4%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canonsburg	Donora
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canonsburg	Donora
Drove alone	74.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.7%	3.6%
Walked	1.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	7.6%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canonsburg	Donora
1-unit, detached	64.4%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Canonsburg	Donora
Poverty rate	5.8%	31.2%
Average household size	2.30	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1961	1938