Cowarts vs Dothan

A side-by-side comparison of Cowarts and Dothan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dothan has the higher population (71,118 vs 2,189 in Cowarts). Cowarts has the higher median household income ($57,734 vs $55,052 in Dothan). Dothan has the higher median home value ($186,600 vs $176,100 in Cowarts).

Population, income & housing

	Cowarts	Dothan
Population	2,189	71,118
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,734	$55,052
Median home value	$176,100	$186,600
Median gross rent	$814	$912
Housing units	909	33,571
Homeownership rate	73.4%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowarts	Dothan
Population	2,142 → 2,189 (+2.2%)	67,894 → 71,118 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$44,808 → $57,734 (+28.8%)	$47,081 → $55,052 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $176,100 (+68.5%)	$150,700 → $186,600 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $814 (+25.2%)	$751 → $912 (+21.4%)

Cowarts

Population

2,1422,189

Median household income

$44,808$57,734

Median home value

$104,500$176,100

Median gross rent

$650$814

Dothan

Population

67,89471,118

Median household income

$47,081$55,052

Median home value

$150,700$186,600

Median gross rent

$751$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowarts	Dothan
Under 5	9.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.3%
75 and over	9.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowarts	Dothan
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	55.0%
Black or African American	11.6%	35.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowarts	Dothan
No high school diploma	15.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowarts	Dothan
Drove alone	86.2%	84.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.4%	4.6%
Other means	3.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowarts	Dothan
1-unit, detached	72.4%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cowarts	Dothan
Poverty rate	15.5%	19.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1993	1981