Mobile County vs Montgomery County

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

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

Mobile County has the higher population (413,162 vs 227,197 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($58,153 vs $58,119 in Mobile County). Mobile County has the higher median home value ($176,600 vs $160,100 in Montgomery County).

Population, income & housing

	Mobile County	Montgomery County
Population	413,162	227,197
Median age	38.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,119	$58,153
Median home value	$176,600	$160,100
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,061
Housing units	185,413	105,799
Homeownership rate	64.9%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mobile County	Montgomery County
Population	414,114 → 413,162 (-0.2%)	226,941 → 227,197 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$47,583 → $58,119 (+22.1%)	$50,124 → $58,153 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$130,200 → $176,600 (+35.6%)	$129,800 → $160,100 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,021 (+19.7%)	$884 → $1,061 (+20.0%)

Mobile County

Population

414,114413,162

Median household income

$47,583$58,119

Median home value

$130,200$176,600

Median gross rent

$853$1,021

Montgomery County

Population

226,941227,197

Median household income

$50,124$58,153

Median home value

$129,800$160,100

Median gross rent

$884$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mobile County	Montgomery County
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.7%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mobile County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	30.6%
Black or African American	35.9%	58.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mobile County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	11.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	33.8%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mobile County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	83.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mobile County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	72.8%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	12.7%
20 or more units	5.1%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Mobile County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	16.3%	19.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1979	1979