Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Donegal has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Donegal itself; outside it, Ligonier Township draws the most (9%, 12 miles). Donegal has 7 jobs, against 44 working residents. Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Donegal
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 62 people are in Donegal on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Donegal ends
Where Donegal clocks in
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Donegal’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Donegal, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Donegal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Donegal: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Donegal workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Donegal commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Donegal: questions
What is the median household income in Donegal?
$40,000 (±$22,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Donegal?
19.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Donegal?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Donegal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ligonier Township (9%, 12 mi), East Huntingdon Township (7%, 12 mi), Seven Springs (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Donegal without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Donegal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Donegal
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.