Dodge City vs Joppa

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

Dodge City and Joppa 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 419 in Joppa). Joppa has the higher median home value ($167,100 vs $122,800 in Dodge City). Since 2019, Dodge City's population has grown faster (-10.7% vs -36.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge City	Joppa
Population	549	419
Median age	46.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	—
Median home value	$122,800	$167,100
Median gross rent	$783	—
Housing units	241	135
Homeownership rate	84.1%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge City	Joppa
Population	615 → 549 (-10.7%)	664 → 419 (-36.9%)
Median household income	$45,536 → $58,750 (+29.0%)	—
Median home value	$129,500 → $122,800 (-5.2%)	$105,600 → $167,100 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $783 (+1.8%)	$693 → $935 (+34.9%)

Dodge City

Population

615549

Median household income

$45,536$58,750

Median home value

$129,500$122,800

Median gross rent

$769$783

Joppa

Population

664419

Median home value

$105,600$167,100

Median gross rent

$693$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge City	Joppa
Under 5	4.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	7.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	5.0%
75 and over	14.2%	21.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge City	Joppa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge City	Joppa
No high school diploma	18.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge City	Joppa
Drove alone	77.4%	67.0%
Carpooled	14.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	25.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge City	Joppa
1-unit, detached	78.4%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Dodge City	Joppa
Poverty rate	14.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.42	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1981	1993