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Mobile, AL

182,594 Population
139.5 square miles 1,309.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2

Economics

$34,040 ±$2,742 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $31,676 ±$1,605
  • a little less than the amount in Alabama: $35,046 ±$484
$50,156 ±$3,544 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $55,352 ±$2,742
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alabama: $62,212 ±$711

15.2% ±2.1% (26,817  ±3,666) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 15.8% † 63,657 (±1.7% / ±6,647)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 773,166 (±0.5% / ±24,550)

21.6 minutes ±1.3 (1,639,280  ±131,557) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 24.5 4,058,110 (±0.9 / ±194,312)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 52,788,320 (±0.2 / ±614,334)

Families

79,383 ±2,574 Number of households
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 163,963 ±2,127
  • Alabama: 2,051,545 ±10,192
2.2 ±0.1 (175,937  ±261) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 2.5 403,452 (±0 / ±197)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.4 † 4,964,454 (±,270.8 / ±-555,555,600)

3.5% ±1.5% (1,696  ±737) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 3.5% † 3,391 (±1.1% / ±1,045)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 5.1% 60,506 (±0.4% / ±4,925)

Housing

92,751 ±2,641 Number of housing units
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 186,757 ±91
  • Alabama: 2,360,120 ±220

$189,000 ±$20,112 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $191,600 ±$8,176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $216,600 ±$2,406

12.5% ±2.1% (22,597  ±3,756.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 9.7% † 39,851 (±1.2% / ±4,863.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 575,405 (±0.5% / ±22,628.7)

Social

92.2% ±3.7% (116,367  ±5,573.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 90% 252,931 (±2.8% / ±7,836.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.1% 3,119,065 (±0.8% / ±29,507.9)
35.2% ±2.7% (44,416  ±3,602.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 27.1% 76,295 (±1.6% / ±4,593.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.9% 1,010,840 (±0.5% / ±16,612.8)

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

4.3% ±0.9% (7,860  ±1,704) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 3.6% † 14,817 (±4,858% / ±2,160)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4% † 203,143 (±,432.5% / ±9,674)

6.5% ±1% (9,518  ±1,540) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 7.1% 22,321 (±0.6% / ±2,012)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.6% 299,495 (±0.2% / ±7,686)
9,518 Total veterans ±1,540 8,270 Male ±1,409 1,248 Female ±538

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