Charleroi vs Donora

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

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

Donora has the higher population (4,536 vs 4,203 in Charleroi). Charleroi has the higher median household income ($43,487 vs $42,851 in Donora). Donora has the higher median home value ($57,700 vs $56,200 in Charleroi).

Population, income & housing

	Charleroi	Donora
Population	4,203	4,536
Median age	36.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,487	$42,851
Median home value	$56,200	$57,700
Median gross rent	$845	$842
Housing units	2,309	2,825
Homeownership rate	47.7%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleroi	Donora
Population	3,953 → 4,203 (+6.3%)	4,598 → 4,536 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$34,866 → $43,487 (+24.7%)	$33,620 → $42,851 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$39,500 → $56,200 (+42.3%)	$55,700 → $57,700 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $845 (+22.8%)	$574 → $842 (+46.7%)

Charleroi

Population

3,9534,203

Median household income

$34,866$43,487

Median home value

$39,500$56,200

Median gross rent

$688$845

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)

	Charleroi	Donora
Under 5	6.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.5%
75 and over	7.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleroi	Donora
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	72.6%
Black or African American	11.8%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleroi	Donora
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	41.7%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleroi	Donora
Drove alone	67.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	17.2%	7.1%
Public transit	2.6%	3.6%
Walked	5.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleroi	Donora
1-unit, detached	60.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	8.1%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Charleroi	Donora
Poverty rate	29.4%	31.2%
Average household size	2.63	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938