Housing density: 385 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $175,152.
Median contract rent in 2022: $645 (lower quartile is $465, upper quartile is $790)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $924
Median gross rent in Dothan, AL in 2022: $832
Housing units in Dothan with a mortgage: 9,946 (722 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 485 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 221
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $90,223
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $62,982
7,291 married couples with children.
6,329 single-parent households (551 men, 5,778 women).
95.1% of residents of Dothan speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 2,314 (3.3%)
(33.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.5% Number of people working at home: 1,787 (5.5% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 1,011
5 to 9 minutes: 4,063
10 to 14 minutes: 5,998
15 to 19 minutes: 6,551
20 to 24 minutes: 4,365
25 to 29 minutes: 987
30 to 34 minutes: 2,614
35 to 39 minutes: 503
40 to 44 minutes: 629
45 to 59 minutes: 1,734
60 to 89 minutes: 794
90 or more minutes: 1,132
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 39,749 (84.6%)
Carpooled: 3,714 (7.9%)
Bus: 22 (0.0%)
Taxi: 543 (1.2%)
Bicycle: 39 (0.1%)
Walked: 267 (0.6%)
Worked at home: 2,037 (4.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.8%Males
1.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
15.9%Males
10.2%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
14.4%Males
4.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
2.5%Males
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.0%Males
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
1.7%Males
0.8%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
1.8%Males
4.4%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Dothan, Alabama
8952010 or later
5332000 to 2009
4171990 to 1999
3471980 to 1989
891970 to 1979
241Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 6,445 (14.8%)
American: 5,286 (12.1%)
Irish: 2,632 (6.0%)
German: 1,457 (3.3%)
European: 711 (1.6%)
Scottish: 598 (1.4%)
Italian: 589 (1.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 490 (1.1%)
African: 262 (0.6%)
Polish: 210 (0.5%)
French: 207 (0.5%)
Jamaican: 167 (0.4%)
Dutch: 165 (0.4%)
British: 152 (0.3%)
Welsh: 74 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 71 (0.2%)
Nigerian: 56 (0.1%)
Swedish: 46 (0.1%)
Eastern European: 42 (0.10%)
Lebanese: 37 (0.08%)
French Canadian: 37 (0.08%)
Greek: 37 (0.08%)
Ethiopian: 35 (0.08%)
Palestinian: 34 (0.08%)
Finnish: 33 (0.08%)
Russian: 29 (0.07%)
Turkish: 27 (0.06%)
Northern European: 20 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.04%)
Bahamian: 16 (0.04%)
West Indian: 14 (0.03%)
Haitian: 11 (0.03%)
Canadian: 10 (0.02%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.02%)
Czech: 7 (0.02%)
Romanian: 7 (0.02%)
Slovak: 7 (0.02%)
Kenyan: 6 (0.01%)
Moroccan: 5 (0.01%)
Danish: 5 (0.01%)
Croatian: 5 (0.01%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.01%)
Scandinavian: 5 (0.01%)
Austrian: 4 (0.01%)
Slavic: 3 (0.01%)
Czechoslovakian: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Dothan:
20.4% (458)
Alabama:
26.4% (46,832)
India
Dothan:
14.9% (334)
Alabama:
5.5% (9,672)
Guatemala
Dothan:
8.5% (191)
Alabama:
8.6% (15,159)
Vietnam
Dothan:
4.1% (93)
Alabama:
3.6% (6,414)
Germany
Dothan:
4.1% (91)
Alabama:
3.9% (6,831)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Dothan:
4.0% (89)
Alabama:
4.6% (8,075)
Jamaica
Dothan:
3.8% (86)
Alabama:
1.3% (2,382)
Pakistan
Dothan:
3.7% (82)
Alabama:
1.1% (2,005)
Korea
Dothan:
3.4% (77)
Alabama:
5.2% (9,293)
Canada
Dothan:
2.8% (62)
Alabama:
2.3% (4,000)
Venezuela
Dothan:
2.6% (59)
Alabama:
1.0% (1,740)
Philippines
Dothan:
2.4% (54)
Alabama:
2.9% (5,154)
Japan
Dothan:
1.7% (37)
Alabama:
1.3% (2,391)
Thailand
Dothan:
1.6% (35)
Alabama:
0.7% (1,231)
Peru
Dothan:
1.5% (34)
Alabama:
0.5% (801)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 45,251
Other state: 22,189
Northeast: 1,944
Midwest: 3,613
South: 15,047
West: 1,585
88.1% of Dothan residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 31.1% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 39.3% lived in Alabama.
Dothan:
88.1%
State average:
87.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 246
Nursery to 4th grade: 65
5th and 6th grade: 45
7th and 8th grade: 280
9th grade: 292
10th grade: 491
11th grade: 626
12th grade, no diploma: 552
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,111
Less than 1 year of college: 1,019
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,922
Associate degree: 2,369
Bachelor's degree: 3,901
Master's degree: 1,544
Professional school degree: 449
Doctorate degree: 324
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 203
Nursery to 4th grade: 55
5th and 6th grade: 201
7th and 8th grade: 575
9th grade: 293
10th grade: 435
11th grade: 738
12th grade, no diploma: 685
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,188
Less than 1 year of college: 1,514
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,876
Associate degree: 3,228
Bachelor's degree: 4,369
Master's degree: 2,215
Professional school degree: 496
Doctorate degree: 218
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 23,233
One, attached: 377
Two: 1,000
3 or 4: 1,891
5 to 9: 2,475
10 to 19: 1,285
20 to 49: 396
50 or more: 789
Mobile homes: 1,823
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 80
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,400
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 5.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.9%
House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago