McDonald is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,017 people and three associated neighborhoods, McDonald is the 635th largest community in Pennsylvania. McDonald has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.McDonald is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, McDonald is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in McDonald who work in office and administrative support (23.21%), food service (18.09%), and maintenance occupations (11.26%). Because of many things, McDonald is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, McDonald really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is McDonald perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. McDonald is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in McDonald with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.76% of adults in McDonald have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in McDonald in 2022 was $31,502, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,008 for a family of four. However, McDonald contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call McDonald home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McDonald residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in McDonald include German, Italian, Belgian, Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in McDonald is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and German/Yiddish.
