Pennsylvania · Census place 4219536

Donora, Pennsylvania

Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,482 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 221st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,482
#221 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-81 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
2,359 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Donora. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Donora population, 2020 to 2024

Donora lost 81 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

4,56320204,54320214,51820224,50420234,4822024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,565. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Donora covers 1.90 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 2,359 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Donora is less dense than the typical town.

What county Donora is in

All of Donora's residents live in Washington County, which had 210,434 residents in 2024. Donora holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Donora

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Donora by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15033. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Donora is

The Census internal point of Donora is at 40.179500, -79.862400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 157.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monessen, PA (6,704 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 19.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.179500, -79.862400
DMS
40°10'46.20"N 79°51'44.64"W
UTM
17N 596851.5E 4448300.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G254HQ+Q2

Daylight in Donora

At 40.18° N, Donora gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Donora

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Monessen, 2.2 miles away, with 6,704 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Donora, PA?

4,482 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 81 (1.8%) from 4,563 in July 2020.

What county is Donora in?

Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Donora?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15033.

How far is Donora from Harrisburg?

157.2 miles (253.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Donora.

What is the nearest larger city to Donora?

Monessen, PA, with 6,704 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.