Work & commute · Donora

Work & commute in Donora, PA

Most working residents leave Donora for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rostraver (5%), Charleroi (5%) and Carroll (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

150 of 1,533 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,383 Donora residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 844 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Donora.

1,383live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

844work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Donora goes to work

Donora (in town)right here

10%150

Rostraver3.2 mi away

5%83

Charleroi3.5 mi away

5%77

Carroll3.5 mi away

4%67

Pittsburgh19 mi away

4%65

Washington20.3 mi away

3%49

Monessen2.2 mi away

3%42

South Union22.6 mi away

2%29

Peters13.2 mi away

2%29

Cecil19.5 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%916

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Donora commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

41%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Donora is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Donora are

994 jobs are based in Donora. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Donora’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Donora

994 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Donora residents hold

1,533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−7%

Jobs based in Donora, 2013 → 2023: 1,068 → 994. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.