One downside of living in Donora, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.05 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
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 percentage of people in Donora with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.38% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Donora in 2018 was $24,209, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,836 for a family of four. However, Donora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Donora also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.00% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Donora is an extremely 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, Slovak, German, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Donora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Serbo-Croatian.
