Donora vs Washington

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

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

Washington has the higher population (13,361 vs 4,536 in Donora). Washington has the higher median household income ($52,350 vs $42,851 in Donora). Washington has the higher median home value ($121,000 vs $57,700 in Donora).

Population, income & housing

	Donora	Washington
Population	4,536	13,361
Median age	47.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,851	$52,350
Median home value	$57,700	$121,000
Median gross rent	$842	$895
Housing units	2,825	6,813
Homeownership rate	56.5%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donora	Washington
Population	4,598 → 4,536 (-1.3%)	13,532 → 13,361 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$33,620 → $42,851 (+27.5%)	$42,533 → $52,350 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$55,700 → $57,700 (+3.6%)	$100,700 → $121,000 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $842 (+46.7%)	$697 → $895 (+28.4%)

Donora

Population

4,5984,536

Median household income

$33,620$42,851

Median home value

$55,700$57,700

Median gross rent

$574$842

Washington

Population

13,53213,361

Median household income

$42,533$52,350

Median home value

$100,700$121,000

Median gross rent

$697$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donora	Washington
Under 5	3.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	16.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	18.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.6%
75 and over	6.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donora	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	72.6%
Black or African American	16.1%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donora	Washington
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	46.2%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donora	Washington
Drove alone	77.1%	69.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.0%
Public transit	3.6%	0.8%
Walked	2.3%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	9.0%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donora	Washington
1-unit, detached	78.1%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	13.9%
20 or more units	5.4%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Donora	Washington
Poverty rate	31.2%	16.2%
Average household size	1.90	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1938	1943