housing costs · Alabama
Housing costs in Mobile County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,052 | ± $22 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,021 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $973 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $916 | ± $14 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $190,700 | ± $3,688 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $176,600 | ± $3,645 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $164,600 | ± $2,891 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $144,100 | ± $2,607 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.5 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 32.2 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.1 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.6 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mobile County is $1,052, above the Alabama median of $776 across 67 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.