Living in Enterprise, AL
Enterprise is a small city of 29,505 people in Coffee County, Alabama. It's about 27 miles from Dothan, AL and 162 miles from Birmingham, AL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $203k and rent runs about $1k a month.
29,505people
$203kTypical home
$1,098/moRent
92° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
261Sunny days
98Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 29,505
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 941 people per sq mi
- 162 mi to Birmingham, AL
- 27 mi to Dothan, AL
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $203k (≈$1,279/mo)
- Median rent $1,098/mo
- Median household income $73k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 70°F)
- 261 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 104 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 98 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- High violent crime (734 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,806 per 100k)
People
- Median age 37
- 33% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to DHN airport
- 99 mi to PNS (major hub)
- 102 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 358 ft
- 61 mi to the ocean
- 48 mi to a big lake
- 45 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 76 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 24 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 15% of Alabama districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 1 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Coffee County: R+58 in 2024
- Alabama: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk