Dothan vs Taylor

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

Dothan and Taylor 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 2,916 in Taylor). Taylor has the higher median household income ($62,596 vs $55,052 in Dothan). Dothan has the higher median home value ($186,600 vs $128,600 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Dothan	Taylor
Population	71,118	2,916
Median age	40.4 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,052	$62,596
Median home value	$186,600	$128,600
Median gross rent	$912	$1,055
Housing units	33,571	1,103
Homeownership rate	57.1%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dothan	Taylor
Population	67,894 → 71,118 (+4.7%)	2,286 → 2,916 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$47,081 → $55,052 (+16.9%)	$45,818 → $62,596 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $186,600 (+23.8%)	$96,100 → $128,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $912 (+21.4%)	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)

Dothan

Population

67,89471,118

Median household income

$47,081$55,052

Median home value

$150,700$186,600

Median gross rent

$751$912

Taylor

Population

2,2862,916

Median household income

$45,818$62,596

Median home value

$96,100$128,600

Median gross rent

$898$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dothan	Taylor
Under 5	6.0%	11.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.0%
75 and over	7.5%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dothan	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	74.4%
Black or African American	35.5%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dothan	Taylor
No high school diploma	12.0%	19.6%
High school graduate	29.3%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dothan	Taylor
Drove alone	84.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	14.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dothan	Taylor
1-unit, detached	71.1%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Dothan	Taylor
Poverty rate	19.2%	19.9%
Average household size	2.42	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1981	1985