What salary do you need to live in Dothan, AL?

Rent, home values and prices in Dothan

Renters in Dothan pay a median $845 a month for two bedrooms. Size matters: one bedroom is $602, three bedrooms $1,016, so going from the smallest to the largest of the three adds $4,968 a year.

The median value of owner-occupied homes in the metro is $170,700. That is only 3.0× the area's median household income of $57,791, a low ratio by national standards.

The Regional Price Parity, BEA's index of local prices with the US at 100, is 83.8 here. Below 100 means a paycheck stretches further: $100,000 in Dothan has the buying power of roughly $119,285 at national average prices.

How much you need to earn in Dothan

For two bedrooms, $76,000 is where Dothan turns Comfortable. Below that, $38,000 marks the start of Okay and $17,000 the start of Tight; under $17,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 13% of gross pay.

The Royal grade is within reach at $194,000 a year, where both rent and the median home price look small next to income.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Dothan.

What different incomes look like in Dothan

Take a $75,000 salary. In a one-bedroom the rent share is 10% and the score 70, Comfortable; in a three-bedroom the share rises to 16% and the score falls to 62, Okay.

The two-bedroom column turns Comfortable at the $100,000 row. One row up, $75,000 scores 65.

Where Dothan falls nationally

Ranked against all 387 metros, Dothan sits 385th on overall price level and 377th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 350th.

Wheeling, WV-OH ($846) and Parkersburg-Vienna, WV ($845) bracket Dothan on two-bedroom rent.

Comparing Dothan with Alabama

Statewide, Alabama's median two-bedroom rent is $960 and its median home value $209,900. Dothan's rent is −12% against that, and its home value −19%; the price parity is 83.8 versus 88.8 for the state.

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $97,000 — above Dothan's $76,000 line.

If Dothan is on your list, Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Gadsden, AL, and Decatur, AL are the most similar Alabama metros by two-bedroom rent and price level; the table shows where each turns Comfortable.

Dothan's median income on the scale

The median household in the metro earns $57,791 (ACS 2020-2024). Run through the calculator with two bedrooms, that scores 57, Okay. Reaching Comfortable would take $18,209 more than the median household earns. Statewide, the Alabama median household ($63,999) grades Okay on the state's own medians. Keep in mind a household median often combines two incomes.

All figures are pre-tax estimates from public data, not financial advice.