Work & commute · Dothan

Work & commute in Dothan, AL

58% of Dothan’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (3%), Enterprise (2%) and Ozark (1%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58%

15,685 of 27,005 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,320 Dothan residents head out of town to work, 15,685 work right here, and 28,260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dothan.

11,320live here, work elsewhere

15,685live and work here

28,260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dothan goes to work

Dothan (in town)right here

58%15,685

Montgomery92.1 mi away

3%710

Enterprise26.7 mi away

2%510

Ozark20.6 mi away

1%354

Birmingham178 mi away

1%276

Troy51.3 mi away

1%268

Headland8.9 mi away

1%235

Mobile164.7 mi away

1%232

Marianna, FL32.1 mi away

1%213

Ashford10.6 mi away

1%211

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%8,311

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Dothan commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

64%

10%

20%

64%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dothan is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dothan are

43,945 jobs are based in Dothan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dothan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dothan

43,945 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Dothan residents hold

27,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+12%

Jobs based in Dothan, 2013 → 2023: 39,071 → 43,945. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.