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Mobile, AL

201,355 Population
139.5 square miles 1,443.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 39 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$34,216 ±$2,293 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $33,576 ±$1,497
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
$55,307 ±$3,428 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $60,379 ±$3,275
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780

18.2% ±3.3% (35,298  ±6,395) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 16.2% † 65,133 (±2.1% / ±8,384)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)

22.8 minutes ±0.6 (1,861,325  ±67,518) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 26.1 4,240,740 (±0.6 / ±109,605)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

82,213 ±2,823 Number of households
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 161,526 ±3,231
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
2.4 ±0.1 (193,987  ±379) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 2.5 403,476 (±0.1 / ±366)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179

7.3% ±2.5% (3,646  ±1,270) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 7.6% † 7,485 (±1.9% / ±1,826)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)

Housing

96,342 ±2,851 Number of housing units
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 187,500 ±157
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264

$200,000 ±$15,074 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $207,400 ±$10,403
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461

13.6% ±1.8% (26,779  ±3,603.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 11.2% † 45,176 (±1.3% / ±5,344.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)

Social

90.3% ±4% (121,488  ±6,060.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 89.2% 251,031 (±3.1% / ±8,753.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
33.4% ±2.6% (44,859  ±3,703) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 27.5% 77,421 (±1.8% / ±4,993.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% ±1.1% (9,394  ±2,171) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 4% 16,503
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850

5.2% ±0.9% (8,078  ±1,375) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 7.1% † 22,443 (±0.8% / ±2,434)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
8,078 Total veterans ±1,375 6,704 Male ±1,203 1,374 Female ±588

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