Mobile County, AL real estate

What the numbers say

Mobile County, AL real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Mobile County listed for $259,950, down 1.9% from a year earlier. That is 20% below the Alabama median of $325,000.

Homes spent a median of 66 days on the market, slower than 65 days a year ago. That makes Mobile County the #13 fastest-selling of 27 Alabama counties we track.

Homeowners in Mobile County pay a median of $888 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $190,700, an effective rate of about 0.47%. The Alabama average is 0.38%, which makes Mobile County the #63 lowest-tax of 67 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,052 a month, and $1,014 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 21 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $260,000 home here comes to about $1,626 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $70,000 a year (the median household here earns $58,880).