Dora vs Parrish

A side-by-side comparison of Dora and Parrish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dora has the higher population (2,617 vs 1,093 in Parrish). Dora has the higher median household income ($61,276 vs $25,769 in Parrish). Dora has the higher median home value ($150,100 vs $49,900 in Parrish).

Population, income & housing

	Dora	Parrish
Population	2,617	1,093
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,276	$25,769
Median home value	$150,100	$49,900
Median gross rent	$769	$1,033
Housing units	971	510
Homeownership rate	68.1%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dora	Parrish
Population	2,209 → 2,617 (+18.5%)	1,087 → 1,093 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$35,536 → $61,276 (+72.4%)	$35,625 → $25,769 (-27.7%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $150,100 (+44.7%)	$35,800 → $49,900 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $769 (+41.6%)	$592 → $1,033 (+74.5%)

Dora

Population

2,2092,617

Median household income

$35,536$61,276

Median home value

$103,700$150,100

Median gross rent

$543$769

Parrish

Population

1,0871,093

Median household income

$35,625$25,769

Median home value

$35,800$49,900

Median gross rent

$592$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dora	Parrish
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.1%
75 and over	10.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dora	Parrish
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	67.7%
Black or African American	21.9%	24.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dora	Parrish
No high school diploma	30.1%	33.6%
High school graduate	36.5%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dora	Parrish
Drove alone	74.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	17.4%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.7%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dora	Parrish
1-unit, detached	60.9%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Dora	Parrish
Poverty rate	14.3%	33.4%
Average household size	3.03	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1973	1962