Mobile vs Satsuma

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

Mobile and Satsuma 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 6,784 in Satsuma). Satsuma has the higher median household income ($97,550 vs $51,090 in Mobile). Satsuma has the higher median home value ($199,800 vs $170,300 in Mobile).

Population, income & housing

	Mobile	Satsuma
Population	185,097	6,784
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,090	$97,550
Median home value	$170,300	$199,800
Median gross rent	$1,029	$1,224
Housing units	90,744	2,641
Homeownership rate	51.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mobile	Satsuma
Population	190,432 → 185,097 (-2.8%)	6,159 → 6,784 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$42,321 → $51,090 (+20.7%)	$64,348 → $97,550 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $170,300 (+37.8%)	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,029 (+20.1%)	$885 → $1,224 (+38.3%)

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

Satsuma

Population

6,1596,784

Median household income

$64,348$97,550

Median home value

$155,800$199,800

Median gross rent

$885$1,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mobile	Satsuma
Under 5	5.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.3%
75 and over	7.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mobile	Satsuma
White (non-Hispanic)	39.2%	83.8%
Black or African American	52.7%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	2.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mobile	Satsuma
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mobile	Satsuma
Drove alone	81.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mobile	Satsuma
1-unit, detached	66.7%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	8.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Mobile	Satsuma
Poverty rate	18.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1974	1979