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Dothan, AL

71,118 Population
89.8 square miles 791.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 41.4 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$34,756 ±$938 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $31,823 ±$626
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$55,052 ±$1,453 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $56,772 ±$1,381
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

19.2% ±1.3% (13,478  ±880) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 18% 26,928 (±1% / ±1,553)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

20.5 minutes ±0.4 (601,170  ±18,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 23.7 1,458,620 (±0.5 / ±38,323)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

28,988 ±362 Number of households
  • the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 59,815 ±605
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.4 ±0 (70,040  ±464) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 2.5 150,158 (±0 / ±59)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

3.8% ±0.7% (619  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,472 (±0.7% / ±220)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

33,571 ±317 Number of housing units
  • the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 71,480 ±92
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$186,600 ±$3,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $163,700 ±$4,059
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

12.5% ±1% (8,818  ±672.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 9.6% 14,439 (±0.7% / ±973.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

88% ±1.8% (43,514  ±1,001) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 86% 91,350 (±1.6% / ±1,677.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
27.3% ±1.1% (13,501  ±533) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 21% 22,244 (±0.8% / ±798.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

3.7% ±0.5% (2,620  ±380) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 2.6% 3,922
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

10.1% ±0.6% (5,535  ±306) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 9.9% 11,538 (±0.4% / ±513)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
5,535 Total veterans ±306 4,988 Male ±307 547 Female ±113

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