Mobile County, Alabama

Mobile County has a population of 412,590 and has shrunk 0.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $190,700, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $58,880.

Home price
$190,700
Income
$58,880
Population
412,590
Unemployment
5.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$190,700county
Median gross rent$1,052county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198050.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,335county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,083county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$919county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,414county
Home insurance / yr$3,633(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.6(statewide)
Median household income$58,880county
Family health premium / yr$23,986(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$7,871(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.632(statewide)
Poverty rate16.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home8.3%county
Unemployment rate5.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.6%county
Share of workers employed by government14.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.6%county
Economic output per resident$73,009county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.47%county
Top state income tax5.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.46%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.1 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport314406county
Miles to nearest general aviation field14 micounty
Airports with airline service located here2county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station8.1 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.0%county
Traffic deaths43.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.0(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher26.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.3%county
Public schools in the county99county
Public school enrollment57407county
Students per full-time teacher18.1county
Free lunch eligible66.5%county
Elementary schools58county
Middle schools20county
High schools15county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians71county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county6county
Hospitals here with an emergency department6county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year21.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.9%county
Frequent mental distress19.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population412,590county
Land area in square miles1,229county
People per square mile of land336.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores66county
Convenience stores37county
Share living far from a food store14.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract10.4%county
Population change since 2020-0.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age38.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.3%county
Share of households that are one person32.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.4%county
Second languages4.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls73.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents158county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in6,087county
Households that moved away6,448county
Average income of arriving households$54,269county
Average income of departing households$56,574county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,102county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings10.5%county
Violent crime rate360(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature68.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation59.3 incounty
Annual snowfall3.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.69 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F64 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing22 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days279 dayscounty
Average last spring frostFeb 20county
Average first fall frostNov 26county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$176county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh15.1¢county
Household electricity use1,172 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.17(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity63.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas34.2%county
Homes heated by propane1.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband86.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk95.9county
Coastal flood risk90.6county
Drought risk86.2county
Landslide risk72.6county
Hail risk83.2county
Earthquake risk84.8county
Tornado risk94.6county
Tropical cyclone risk99.4county
Extreme heat risk96.0county
Winter weather risk81.3county
Strong wind risk80.9county
Wildfire risk93.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Mobile County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Alabama figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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