In Donora, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.77 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
For a small borough, Donora has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Donora exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The rate of college-level education in Donora is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.88% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Donora in 2022 was $29,513, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,052 for a family of four. However, Donora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Donora is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Donora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Donora residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Donora include Italian, English, German, Welsh, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in Donora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
