Dothan

Population & Demographics

Dothan, AL

Dothan is home to 71,514 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 28,821 resident workers commute each day.

AlabamaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
71,514
people
Population

71,514 residents

Median age 40.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Dothan population & demographics

Who lives in Dothan — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
71,514
Median age
40.2yrs
Median household income
$55,792
Median home value
$194,000
Median gross rent
$960/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
27.6%
Poverty rate
19.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Dothan

How Dothan breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White54.4%
Black35.7%
Hispanic or Latino4.8%
Two or more races3.1%
Asian1.5%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Dothan

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Dothan.

Dothan at a glance
Employed Residents
28,821
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
20.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
58.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Montgomery
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Dothan proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Dothan commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

72 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Dothan

28,821 commutes, one dot at a time

Dothan

Where 28,821 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Dothan, by worker count.

1Dothan0.0 mi16,726
2Montgomery93.2 mi758
3Enterprise26.5 mi562
4Fort Rucker19.8 mi379
5Ozark20.6 mi376
6Birmingham178.2 mi302
7Troy51.4 mi289
8Headland9.2 mi250

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Dothan.

1Dothan0.0 mi16,726
2Enterprise26.5 mi1,153
3Ozark20.6 mi1,122
4Headland9.2 mi1,119
5Kinsey5.9 mi530
6Taylor5.6 mi514
7Midland City7.7 mi462
8Ashford10.8 mi459

Top industries

The sectors that employ Dothan’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance24.4%
RTRetail Trade15.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.5%
MFManufacturing8.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.2%
EDEducational Services5.5%
PAPublic Administration4.6%
WSWholesale Trade4.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Dothan

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps36%
5 Gbps8%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Dothan

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).