Donora vs McGovern

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

Donora and McGovern 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 4,290 in McGovern). McGovern has the higher median household income ($110,778 vs $42,851 in Donora). McGovern has the higher median home value ($304,400 vs $57,700 in Donora).

Population, income & housing

	Donora	McGovern
Population	4,536	4,290
Median age	47.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,851	$110,778
Median home value	$57,700	$304,400
Median gross rent	$842	$1,166
Housing units	2,825	1,936
Homeownership rate	56.5%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donora	McGovern
Population	4,598 → 4,536 (-1.3%)	2,790 → 4,290 (+53.8%)
Median household income	$33,620 → $42,851 (+27.5%)	$77,446 → $110,778 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $57,700 (+3.6%)	$204,000 → $304,400 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $842 (+46.7%)	$942 → $1,166 (+23.8%)

Donora

Population

4,5984,536

Median household income

$33,620$42,851

Median home value

$55,700$57,700

Median gross rent

$574$842

McGovern

Population

2,7904,290

Median household income

$77,446$110,778

Median home value

$204,000$304,400

Median gross rent

$942$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donora	McGovern
Under 5	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	18.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	15.7%
75 and over	6.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donora	McGovern
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	16.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donora	McGovern
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	46.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donora	McGovern
Drove alone	77.1%	79.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.3%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	15.1%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donora	McGovern
1-unit, detached	78.1%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Donora	McGovern
Poverty rate	31.2%	1.1%
Average household size	1.90	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1938	1982