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Dothan, AL

72,735 Population
90.2 square miles 806.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 41.1 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,148 ±$2,637 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $33,989 ±$1,402
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,846 ±$4,290 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $60,024 ±$4,224
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.8% ±2.7% (14,148  ±1,986) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 16.5% † 25,273 (±2% / ±3,079)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.4 minutes ±0.7 (603,990  ±23,410) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 23.5 1,468,120 (±0.5 / ±38,769)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

30,728 ±1,111 Number of households
  • the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 64,410 ±1,246
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (71,290  ±1,815) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 2.4 152,856 (±0.1 / ±100)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.7% ±1.4% (464  ±238) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,123 (±1.2% / ±422)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,695 ±1,103 Number of housing units
  • the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 73,142 ±197
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$222,800 ±$8,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $192,800 ±$9,918
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.5% ±2.1% (6,883  ±1,507.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 7.5% † 11,558 (±1.5% / ±2,333.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.7% ±3.9% (45,593  ±2,316.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 89% 96,667 (±3.4% / ±3,759.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.5% ±2.4% (14,309  ±1,284.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 22% 23,853 (±1.7% / ±1,870)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.4% ±0.9% (3,218  ±664) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 3.2% 4,906
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.6% ±1.9% (5,914  ±1,051) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 10% † 12,008 (±1.2% / ±1,462)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,914 Total veterans ±1,051 5,395 Male ±1,042 519 Female ±213

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