Skip to content
CityLedger

Alexandria vs Dothan

Metro-area medians — Alexandria, LA Metro Area vs Dothan, AL Metro Area — not the cities proper.

Alexandria comes out ahead, winning 4 of the 7 clearly-decided measures.

Alexandria and Dothan cost about the same to live in, but Dothan households earn about 7% more. Adjusted for local prices, a typical paycheck stretches further in Dothan.

For your salary & household

Enter your pay and household size to see what it's really worth here — the numbers update live and the link stays shareable.

Alexandria, LA
$59,439
take-home / yr · 21% to tax
$69,368
real value after local prices
Dothan, AL
$57,754
take-home / yr · 23% to tax
$68,891
real value after local prices

On $75,000 for just you, Alexandria leaves you about $477/yr better off after tax and local prices.

Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.

Measure
Alexandria
Dothan
Livability (CityLedger)
31/100
34/100
Cost of living (price level, US = 100)
85.7
83.8
Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
$65,249
$71,599
Median household income
$55,909
$60,024
Median rent
$899/mo
$897/mo
Median home value
$165,800
$192,800
Unemployment
4.5%
5%
Bachelor's degree or higher
24.1%
22%
Average commute
22.3 min
23.2 min
Air quality (median AQI)
39
—
Avg temperature
67°F
68°F

Choose Alexandria for

  • + Median home value
  • + Unemployment
  • + Bachelor's degree or higher
  • + Average commute
Full Alexandria profile →

Choose Dothan for

  • + Livability (CityLedger)
  • + Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
  • + Median household income
Full Dothan profile →

Alexandria vs Dothan — frequently asked

Is Alexandria cheaper than Dothan?
They are about even — the overall cost of living in the Alexandria and Dothan metros is within 3% of each other (BEA Regional Price Parities), so neither is meaningfully cheaper.
Which has higher household income, Alexandria or Dothan?
Dothan has the higher median household income — $60,024 versus $55,909 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS), about 7% more.
Does a paycheck go further in Alexandria or Dothan?
A paycheck stretches further in Dothan. Adjusted for local prices, the median income is worth $71,599 there versus $65,249 in Alexandria.
Which has cheaper rent, Alexandria or Dothan?
Rents are close — $899/mo in the Alexandria metro versus $897/mo in Dothan (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).