Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 4,517 people, 2,279 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $64,246, house prices in Donora are some of the most affordable in Pennsylvania as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Donora, accounting for 73.77% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Donora include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.84%), row houses and other attached homes ( 6.81%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.88%).
People in Donora primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Donora has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
The housing in Donora was primarily built before 1939 ( 46.56%), making the housing stock in Donora some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Donora. The next most important housing age is between 1940-1969 ( 31.10%), followed by between 1970-1999 ( 21.86%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Donora. Fully 14.71% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Donora homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Donora real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Donora's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Donora during the period has been just 4.46%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Donora's appreciation rate, at 7.59%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Donora's appreciation rate has been -2.62%, which annualizes to a rate of -10.07%.
Notably, Donora's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Donora's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$64,246
for Pennsylvania
for nation
2,279
$1,303 / per month