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Fort Rucker, Alabama.

A community in Dale County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Dale County’s.

Living in Fort Rucker, Dale County, Alabama

Fort Rucker, in Dale County, had 4,464 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $74,541 a year and half less, against $54,963 across Dale County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 0% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 100% are rented. Unemployment in Dale County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dale County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,464 in the 2020 census; median age 25.1
Household income $74,541 the median, give or take $10,405 · Dale County: $54,963
Unemployment 4.0% Dale County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes 0% lived in by their owners; 100% rented
  • 1,367households
  • 44%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 16 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What people in Dale County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dale County had 18,014 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 38°; warmest in July, 92° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 61° 38° F M A M J J 92° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 38°; warmest in July, 92° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 61° 38° F M A M J J 92° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 58 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Enterprise West weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Dale County

  1. M1 Support ServicesSupport activities for air transportation3,839
  2. Michelin NA - US4 Dothan FacilityTires manufacturing550
  3. Dale County SchoolsSchool district345FTE
  4. Amentum ServicesAviation schools337
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters303
  6. Dale Medical CenterGeneral hospital272FTE
  7. Coleman American Companies271
  8. Ozark City SchoolsSchool district199FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 28 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 10,839 people in all across the county; Fort Rucker has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fort Rucker’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dale County.