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Dothan

Housing permits · Alabama

Dothan, AL building permits: new housing

350 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +64% on the year before, with $95.3M of construction value.

350
Housing units, last 12 months+64% vs. prior 12: $95.3M
Construction value: 34%
In 5+ unit buildings118 units: 5.1
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 68,103

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Houston County Unincorporated Area117

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Houston County547
Dothan AL630
Alabama20,985

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	30 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	63 units	48 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	14 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	7 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	22 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	13 units	8 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	8 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	14 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	20 units	6 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	133 units	112 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	41 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	5 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	40 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	228	228	$84.6M
2 units	2	4	$705K
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	8	118	$10M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	252	120	$59M
2024	271	96	$72.1M
2023	227	0	$72.5M

Key facts

Dothan, AL permitted 350 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $95,293,147 in construction value.
That is +64% compared with the 12 months before (213 units).
228 were single-family homes and 118 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (8 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $370,868.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 40 units were permitted.
It ranked #16 of 274 permit-issuing places in Alabama by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 252 units were permitted ($59M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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