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Dothan Population: 130,861
AL

Market forecast (June 2006-2007)	6.0%
5-year historical change (2001–2005):	27.0%
5-year historical change, average annual:	4.9%
Change last year:	12.4%
FORECAST FROM FISERV CSW AND MOODY'S ECONOMY.COM

Median home value:	$116,921
Median family income:	$46,450
Median home value to median family income:	2.5

Worst historical decline:	-4.7%
Last peak at beginning of decline:	1994:Q3
Last trough of decline:	1994:Q4

More places in Alabama
Metro area	Market forecast (June 2006-June 2007)
Anniston-Oxford	5.6%
Auburn-Opelika	3.3%
Birmingham-Hoover	4.8%
Decatur	6.4%
Dothan	6.0%
Florence-Muscle Shoals	6.8%
Gadsden	5.7%
Huntsville	5.7%
Mobile	5.5%
Montgomery	6.1%
Tuscaloosa	5.8%

Sources:
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000
Median Family Income: U.S. Department of Housing and Development, 2005
Median Home Prices: Fiserv Lending Solutions, National Association of Realtors, 2005
Historical change: Fiserv Lending Solutions, OFHEO, 2001 – 2005
Market forecasts: Fiserv Lending Solutions and Moody's Economy.com, June 2006 – June 2007