Colony vs Dodge City

A side-by-side comparison of Colony and Dodge City: population, income, housing, and more.

Colony and Dodge City are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dodge City has the higher population (549 vs 261 in Colony). Dodge City has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $43,750 in Colony). Dodge City has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $60,800 in Colony).

Population, income & housing

	Colony	Dodge City
Population	261	549
Median age	42.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$58,750
Median home value	$60,800	$122,800
Median gross rent	$638	$783
Housing units	127	241
Homeownership rate	80.0%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony	Dodge City
Population	471 → 261 (-44.6%)	615 → 549 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$38,056 → $43,750 (+15.0%)	$45,536 → $58,750 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $60,800 (-3.5%)	$129,500 → $122,800 (-5.2%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $638 (+5.3%)	$769 → $783 (+1.8%)

Colony

Population

471261

Median household income

$38,056$43,750

Median home value

$63,000$60,800

Median gross rent

$606$638

Dodge City

Population

615549

Median household income

$45,536$58,750

Median home value

$129,500$122,800

Median gross rent

$769$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colony	Dodge City
Under 5	2.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	28.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	5.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.1%
75 and over	12.6%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony	Dodge City
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	88.9%
Black or African American	83.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colony	Dodge City
No high school diploma	16.3%	18.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony	Dodge City
Drove alone	89.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony	Dodge City
1-unit, detached	68.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Colony	Dodge City
Poverty rate	17.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1980	1981