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What Is It Like to Live in Mobile?

What it costs to live in Mobile, and how it compares with other Alabama cities, in plain numbers.

Value score

34

37th best value in Alabama

How much you get for what you pay, versus other Alabama cities.

Overall livability

35

35th overall in Alabama

Cost, safety, schools, jobs and quality of life combined.

Mobile is home to about 187,445 people. A typical home runs $138,400 and a household earns around $44,800, a price-to-income ratio of 3.1. Among Alabama's largest cities, it ranks 37th for value and 35th overall.

Mobile at a glance

Median home price

$138,400

32nd in AL of 47

Median rent

$918/mo

Median household income

$44,800

Home price to income

3.1x

Unemployment

6.4%

35th in AL of 47

School rating

2/10

37th in AL of 47

Air quality (AQI)

45

0th in AL of 47

Walk score

22/100

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Sources: Home prices and rent from Zillow; income, unemployment and commute from the U.S. Census; school ratings from state education data; crime from the FBI; air quality from the EPA. City rankings are within Alabama only. Updated 2026.