Donora vs McMurray

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

Donora and McMurray 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 4,348 in McMurray). McMurray has the higher median household income ($151,478 vs $42,851 in Donora). McMurray has the higher median home value ($373,500 vs $57,700 in Donora).

Population, income & housing

	Donora	McMurray
Population	4,536	4,348
Median age	47.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,851	$151,478
Median home value	$57,700	$373,500
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	2,825	1,670
Homeownership rate	56.5%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donora	McMurray
Population	4,598 → 4,536 (-1.3%)	4,215 → 4,348 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$33,620 → $42,851 (+27.5%)	$128,929 → $151,478 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $57,700 (+3.6%)	$335,600 → $373,500 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $842 (+46.7%)	—

Donora

Population

4,5984,536

Median household income

$33,620$42,851

Median home value

$55,700$57,700

Median gross rent

$574$842

McMurray

Population

4,2154,348

Median household income

$128,929$151,478

Median home value

$335,600$373,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donora	McMurray
Under 5	3.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	18.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.1%
75 and over	6.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donora	McMurray
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	88.5%
Black or African American	16.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donora	McMurray
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	46.2%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donora	McMurray
Drove alone	77.1%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.4%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	20.7%
Other means	2.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donora	McMurray
1-unit, detached	78.1%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Donora	McMurray
Poverty rate	31.2%	2.0%
Average household size	1.90	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1938	1971