The Dothan MSA touts the lowest composite cost-of-living index in the state.
The Council for Community and Economic Research, ACCRA Average 2008 Cost of Living Index released in January 2009, indicates the Dothan Metropolitan Statistical Area registered the lowest composite cost-of-living index in Alabama, at 88.0 Percent. With the national composite of 100, we are 12.0 percent less than the national index. Within the state, 10 urban areas reported for the survey, with the highest Composite Index being 98.0. As well as having the lowest Composite Index in the state, Dothan also had the absolute lowest Utility Index in the state. Survey data for the second quarter of 2009 again shows Dothan with the lowest Composite Index and the lowest Utility and Health Care costs in the state.

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