Donegal vs Laurel Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Donegal and Laurel Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurel Mountain has the higher population (142 vs 86 in Donegal). Laurel Mountain has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $40,750 in Donegal). Since 2019, Laurel Mountain's population has grown faster (+12.7% vs -52.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Donegal	Laurel Mountain
Population	86	142
Median age	66.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,750	$71,250
Median home value	—	$218,200
Housing units	62	121
Homeownership rate	69.8%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donegal	Laurel Mountain
Population	179 → 86 (-52.0%)	126 → 142 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$29,500 → $40,750 (+38.1%)	$60,625 → $71,250 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $231,300 (+48.0%)	$163,500 → $218,200 (+33.5%)

Donegal

Population

17986

Median household income

$29,500$40,750

Median home value

$156,300$231,300

Laurel Mountain

Population

126142

Median household income

$60,625$71,250

Median home value

$163,500$218,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donegal	Laurel Mountain
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	7.0%	2.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	2.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	20.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	40.7%	19.0%
75 and over	15.1%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donegal	Laurel Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	3.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donegal	Laurel Mountain
No high school diploma	10.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	43.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donegal	Laurel Mountain
Drove alone	54.8%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	25.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donegal	Laurel Mountain
1-unit, detached	93.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Donegal	Laurel Mountain
Poverty rate	16.3%	1.4%
Average household size	2.00	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1952	1947