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Dothan, AL Urban Area

74,002 Population
55.1 square miles 1,343.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,293 ±$1,800 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,025 ±$4,462 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.2% ±2.5% (14,764  ±1,867) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.3 minutes ±0.6 (634,470  ±24,382) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

31,464 ±970 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (72,967  ±1,641) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

3.6% ±1.6% (628  ±276) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

34,952 ±833 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$187,500 ±$10,741 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13% ±1.9% (9,537  ±1,381.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

85.7% ±3.3% (43,590  ±2,137.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
25.4% ±1.8% (12,928  ±,986.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

5.7% ±1.8% (4,237  ±1,360) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

10% ±1.2% (5,683  ±722) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,683 Total veterans ±722 4,967 Male ±659 716 Female ±348

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