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Houston County, Alabama · September 2026
Tree service marketHouston County, AL · Dothan

Six of every ten storm reports in Houston County describe a tree coming down. 27,624 owner-occupied homes sit under those trees.

Every figure here comes from a public record. We publish these because we run one tree company per territory, and a contractor deciding whether this county is worth their week should see the same numbers we do.

43,302
Households in the county
ACS 2024 5-year
27,624
Owner-occupied homes, 64% of all occupied
ACS 2024 5-year
243
Storm reports with trees down, 2015–2026
NOAA Storm Events
78
Tree companies we found based in the county
Our list, 2026-09-22

The short version

Every figure on this page comes from a public record, and the source for each is listed at the bottom. Data as of 2026-09-22.

What the county looks like

$183,300
Median value, owner-occupied homes
ACS 2024 5-year
$58,626
Median household income
ACS 2024 5-year
57%
Housing units built before 1990
28,537 of 50,158 · ACS 2024
35,073
Detached single-family homes
70% of all units · ACS 2024
+60%
Typical home value change, 2016 to 2026
Zillow ZHVI, county
108,140
Residents
ACS 2024 5-year

Storm reports with trees down, by year

351517166172318111921201721182237239247254226

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database. Counts each event whose own narrative describes a tree or limb coming down, and excludes narratives that explicitly report none. 2026 is a partial year.

What we do here

We text homeowners in your ZIP codes, a trained setter qualifies the ones who reply, and a quote appointment lands on your calendar with the homeowner's name, address and what they want done. One tree company per territory: while you are running, nobody else is marketed to those homeowners.

A qualified appointment is a homeowner in your ZIPs who replied, described work with at least $500 of potential, gave an address we could place, and took a time on your calendar that a person verified. We sell the territory and the work that goes into it — never a number of appointments.

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Questions about the Houston County market

How many homes in Houston County could need tree work?

27,624 homes in Houston County are owner-occupied, 64% of all occupied households, per the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Owner-occupied is the number that matters for tree work, because the person who decides on a removal and pays for it lives at the address.

How often do storms bring trees down in Houston County?

243 of 409 storm reports in Houston County since 2015 describe a tree or limb coming down, which is 59%. The count is from NOAA's Storm Events Database and includes only events whose own narrative names a downed tree, so it understates rather than inflates.

How many tree service companies work in Houston County?

78 tree service companies were found operating in Houston County. 45 of them, 58%, have no website at all. That is the gap these briefs measure: homeowners search first, and a company with no web presence is not in the result they see.

What counts as a qualified appointment?

A homeowner in your ZIP codes who replied, described work with at least $500 of potential, gave an address we could place, and took a time on your calendar that a person verified. We sell the territory and the work that goes into it, never a number of appointments.

Is Houston County still open?

One tree company works a territory at a time, so it depends on whether Houston County is already taken. The territory checker on this site answers that for a specific ZIP code. While you are running, nobody else is marketed to those homeowners.

Where do these numbers come from?

Every figure on this page comes from a public record. Households, tenure, home value and housing age are U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Storm counts are NOAA's Storm Events Database. The full source list, with table numbers and the limits of each, is at the bottom of the page. Data as of 2026-09-22.

Sources and limits

We did not test where any company ranks in local search, count reviews, price the market, or read the local tree ordinances, all of which matter to a bid. Census figures are survey estimates with margins of error, not counts. Storm narratives are written by forecast offices and vary in detail, so the tree-down count is a floor rather than a total.