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Dora city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Dora city is a Census city of 2,668 people across 7.91 square miles of land, in Walker County. Median household income is $61,892, 66.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $148,500.
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Dora
What Dora is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.91 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land337
- County holding the largest share of its areaWalker County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dora
How many people live in Dora
- Population2,668
- Median age39.0
- Population under 18717 plus or minus 231
- Share under 1826.9 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Population 65 and over445 plus or minus 137
- Share 65 and over16.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Households861
- Family households676 plus or minus 145
- Share of households that are families78.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dora
Income and work in Dora
- Median household income$61,892
- Per capita income$31,598 plus or minus $7,101
- Civilian labor force1,020
- Employed997
- Unemployed23 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over1,718
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher70.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dora
Housing in Dora
- Housing units953
- Occupied units861
- Vacant units92 plus or minus 66
- Vacancy rate9.7 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Owner occupied574 plus or minus 119
- Renter occupied287 plus or minus 110
- Ownership rate66.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$155,100 plus or minus $32,549
- Median gross rent, monthly$761
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.8 percent
- Single family units601 plus or minus 131
- Share single family63.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more194 plus or minus 108
- Share in buildings of two or more20.4 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Mobile homes158 plus or minus 89
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dora
How Dora gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute957
- Commuting under 15 minutes151 plus or minus 74
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more521 plus or minus 165
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.4 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Drove alone89.4 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home2.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dora
SBA 7(a) lending to Dora borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$148,500
- Average approval$49,500
- Median approval$20,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$121,000
- Largest approval$121,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Walker County, not Dora
Walker County context, not Dora figures
These are Walker County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dora measurements.
- Establishments in Walker County1,251
- Employment at those establishments, Walker County14,399
- Covered employment, Walker County18,709
- Average annual pay, Walker County$48,692
- Average weekly wage, Walker County$936
- Housing units permitted, Walker County38
- Of those, single family, Walker County38
- County product, 2024, Walker County$2,568,468,000
- County product change over the prior year, Walker County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Walker County$51,896
Every figure in this section is published for Walker County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dora. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dora questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dora, Alabama?
2,668, in 861 households. Dora city covers 7.91 square miles of land, which is 337 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dora in?
Walker County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dora?
$61,892. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $155,100. Median gross rent is $761 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dora businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $148,500, across 3 lenders, median approval $20,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dora, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dora borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Dora. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Dora figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Walker County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dora.
Is zoning published for Dora?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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