Dora vs Sumiton

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

Dora and Sumiton 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 2,506 in Sumiton). Sumiton has the higher median household income ($62,226 vs $61,276 in Dora). Sumiton has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $150,100 in Dora).

Population, income & housing

	Dora	Sumiton
Population	2,617	2,506
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,276	$62,226
Median home value	$150,100	$176,500
Median gross rent	$769	$765
Housing units	971	1,299
Homeownership rate	68.1%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dora	Sumiton
Population	2,209 → 2,617 (+18.5%)	2,472 → 2,506 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$35,536 → $61,276 (+72.4%)	$44,293 → $62,226 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $150,100 (+44.7%)	$128,900 → $176,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $769 (+41.6%)	$534 → $765 (+43.3%)

Dora

Population

2,2092,617

Median household income

$35,536$61,276

Median home value

$103,700$150,100

Median gross rent

$543$769

Sumiton

Population

2,4722,506

Median household income

$44,293$62,226

Median home value

$128,900$176,500

Median gross rent

$534$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dora	Sumiton
Under 5	5.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	20.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	18.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.7%
75 and over	10.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dora	Sumiton
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	21.9%	2.4%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dora	Sumiton
No high school diploma	30.1%	13.1%
High school graduate	36.5%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dora	Sumiton
Drove alone	74.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	17.4%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.2%
Other means	4.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dora	Sumiton
1-unit, detached	60.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Dora	Sumiton
Poverty rate	14.3%	13.5%
Average household size	3.03	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1973	1977