Mobile vs Saraland

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

Mobile and Saraland 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 16,304 in Saraland). Saraland has the higher median household income ($60,577 vs $51,090 in Mobile). Saraland has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $170,300 in Mobile).

Population, income & housing

	Mobile	Saraland
Population	185,097	16,304
Median age	37.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,090	$60,577
Median home value	$170,300	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,029	$1,071
Housing units	90,744	7,502
Homeownership rate	51.4%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mobile	Saraland
Population	190,432 → 185,097 (-2.8%)	14,391 → 16,304 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$42,321 → $51,090 (+20.7%)	$60,633 → $60,577 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $170,300 (+37.8%)	$149,000 → $210,500 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,029 (+20.1%)	$874 → $1,071 (+22.5%)

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

Saraland

Population

14,39116,304

Median household income

$60,633$60,577

Median home value

$149,000$210,500

Median gross rent

$874$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mobile	Saraland
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	7.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mobile	Saraland
White (non-Hispanic)	39.2%	79.4%
Black or African American	52.7%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	2.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mobile	Saraland
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mobile	Saraland
Drove alone	81.2%	89.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mobile	Saraland
1-unit, detached	66.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Mobile	Saraland
Poverty rate	18.9%	9.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1974	1980