Chickasaw vs Mobile

A side-by-side comparison of Chickasaw and Mobile: population, income, housing, and more.

Chickasaw and Mobile are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mobile has the higher population (185,097 vs 6,367 in Chickasaw). Mobile has the higher median household income ($51,090 vs $42,854 in Chickasaw). Mobile has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $110,300 in Chickasaw).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw	Mobile
Population	6,367	185,097
Median age	32.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,854	$51,090
Median home value	$110,300	$170,300
Median gross rent	$945	$1,029
Housing units	2,713	90,744
Homeownership rate	49.8%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw	Mobile
Population	5,817 → 6,367 (+9.5%)	190,432 → 185,097 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$28,611 → $42,854 (+49.8%)	$42,321 → $51,090 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $110,300 (+46.1%)	$123,600 → $170,300 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $945 (+15.8%)	$857 → $1,029 (+20.1%)

Chickasaw

Population

5,8176,367

Median household income

$28,611$42,854

Median home value

$75,500$110,300

Median gross rent

$816$945

Mobile

Population

190,432185,097

Median household income

$42,321$51,090

Median home value

$123,600$170,300

Median gross rent

$857$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw	Mobile
Under 5	7.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.0%
75 and over	4.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw	Mobile
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	39.2%
Black or African American	54.5%	52.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw	Mobile
No high school diploma	11.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	38.9%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw	Mobile
Drove alone	87.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	2.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw	Mobile
1-unit, detached	76.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	16.4%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw	Mobile
Poverty rate	28.3%	18.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1963	1974