Allegan vs Dorr

A side-by-side comparison of Allegan and Dorr: population, income, housing, and more.

Allegan and Dorr are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allegan has the higher population (5,182 vs 3,952 in Dorr). Dorr has the higher median household income ($95,575 vs $42,261 in Allegan). Dorr has the higher median home value ($262,400 vs $161,100 in Allegan).

Population, income & housing

	Allegan	Dorr
Population	5,182	3,952
Median age	32.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,261	$95,575
Median home value	$161,100	$262,400
Median gross rent	$1,024	—
Housing units	2,031	1,461
Homeownership rate	67.2%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegan	Dorr
Population	5,036 → 5,182 (+2.9%)	4,282 → 3,952 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$45,722 → $42,261 (-7.6%)	$77,862 → $95,575 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$122,100 → $161,100 (+31.9%)	$188,000 → $262,400 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,024 (+22.6%)	$547 → $1,077 (+96.9%)

Allegan

Population

5,0365,182

Median household income

$45,722$42,261

Median home value

$122,100$161,100

Median gross rent

$835$1,024

Dorr

Population

4,2823,952

Median household income

$77,862$95,575

Median home value

$188,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$547$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegan	Dorr
Under 5	7.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	31.5%
18 to 24	17.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.1%
75 and over	5.0%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegan	Dorr
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegan	Dorr
No high school diploma	8.5%	13.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegan	Dorr
Drove alone	79.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegan	Dorr
1-unit, detached	70.4%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Allegan	Dorr
Poverty rate	15.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1944	1982