Dora is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,242 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dora is the 197th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some cities, Dora isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dora are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dora is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dora who work in healthcare (13.64%), sales jobs (12.34%), and office and administrative support (11.43%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Dora has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Dora has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dora than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dora may be for you. One downside of living in Dora, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.22 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small city, Dora doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, the citizens of Dora rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.25% of adults 25 and older in Dora have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Dora in 2022 was $31,598, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,392 for a family of four. However, Dora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dora is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dora residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dora include Irish, English, German, French Canadian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Dora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Polish.
