Mobile, AL Housing Market Info
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005:
$97,000 (lower quartile is $63,200, upper quartile is $150,500)
Median contract rent in 2005: $434 (lower quartile is $296, upper quartile is
$535)
Housing units in Mobile with a mortgage: 27,976 (2,719 second mortgage, 3,209
home equity loan, 82 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15,906
Median year house/condo built: 1967
Median year apartment built: 1972
Household type by relationship
Households: 192,702
* In family households: 160,506 (31,912 male householders, 19,131 female
householders)
32,917 spouses, 60,297 children (55,955 natural, 1,498 adopted, 2,844
stepchildren), 7,019 grandchildren, 2,211 brothers or sisters, 1,373 parents,
3,089 other relatives, 2,557 non-relatives
* In non-family households: 32,196 (11,893 male householders (9,726 living
alone)), 15,612 female householders (14,010 living alone)), 4,691 non-relatives
* In group quarters: 6,185 (2,641 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 21,234 2-persons, 12,759 3-persons, 9,686 4-persons,
4,524 5-persons, 1,818 6-persons, 1,022 7-or-more-persons.
Size of non-family households: 23,736 1-person, 3,161 2-persons, 427 3-persons,
108 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 18 6-persons.
25,564 married couples with children.
19,382 single-parent households (1,879 men, 17,503 women).
94.6% of residents of Mobile speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 15% speak
English well, 16% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English
very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak
English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak
English very well, 27% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 8% don't
speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 31%
speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 5,862 (2.9%)
(37.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
56% of Mobile residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Alabama.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
* No schooling: 677
* Nursery to 4th grade: 378
* 5th and 6th grade: 793
* 7th and 8th grade: 1,503
* 9th grade: 1,276
* 10th grade: 1,980
* 11th grade: 1,927
* 12th grade, no diploma: 2,689
* High school graduate (or equivalency): 14,756
* Less than 1 year of college: 2,941
* Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 9,307
* Associate degree: 2,947
* Bachelor's degree: 9,330
* Master's degree: 2,853
* Professional school degree: 2,056
* Doctorate degree: 812
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
* No schooling: 593
* Nursery to 4th grade: 376
* 5th and 6th grade: 759
* 7th and 8th grade: 1,797
* 9th grade: 1,761
* 10th grade: 2,046
* 11th grade: 2,625
* 12th grade, no diploma: 3,121
* High school graduate (or equivalency): 19,266
* Less than 1 year of college: 4,949
* Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 10,895
* Associate degree: 4,213
* Bachelor's degree: 10,387
* Master's degree: 4,582
* Professional school degree: 718
* Doctorate degree: 359
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 15.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 19.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian males: 10.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.8%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 2.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.0%
Median household income in 1999 for:
* White non-Hispanic householders: $40,683
* Black householders: $20,572
* American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $31,550
* Asian householders: $29,766
* Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $25,938
* Some other race householders: $32,528
* Two or more races householders: $26,735
* Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $27,205
All information above provided from
City-Data.com