Donora vs Monongahela

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

Donora and Monongahela 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 4,113 in Monongahela). Monongahela has the higher median household income ($55,500 vs $42,851 in Donora). Monongahela has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $57,700 in Donora).

Population, income & housing

	Donora	Monongahela
Population	4,536	4,113
Median age	47.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,851	$55,500
Median home value	$57,700	$119,300
Median gross rent	$842	$817
Housing units	2,825	2,245
Homeownership rate	56.5%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donora	Monongahela
Population	4,598 → 4,536 (-1.3%)	4,138 → 4,113 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$33,620 → $42,851 (+27.5%)	$48,986 → $55,500 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $57,700 (+3.6%)	$81,800 → $119,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $842 (+46.7%)	$676 → $817 (+20.9%)

Donora

Population

4,5984,536

Median household income

$33,620$42,851

Median home value

$55,700$57,700

Median gross rent

$574$842

Monongahela

Population

4,1384,113

Median household income

$48,986$55,500

Median home value

$81,800$119,300

Median gross rent

$676$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donora	Monongahela
Under 5	3.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	18.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.3%
75 and over	6.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donora	Monongahela
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	92.8%
Black or African American	16.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donora	Monongahela
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	46.2%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donora	Monongahela
Drove alone	77.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.6%
Public transit	3.6%	1.2%
Walked	2.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donora	Monongahela
1-unit, detached	78.1%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Donora	Monongahela
Poverty rate	31.2%	12.1%
Average household size	1.90	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938