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Mobile County, AL

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 38 ZIP codes inside Mobile County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
38
in this county
Total population
414,903
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
19
distinct city/town names
Avg density
363
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Mobile County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
36695 Mobile 52,433 444
36608 Mobile 35,268 209
36605 Mobile 26,830 589
36582 Theodore 24,274 118
36609 Mobile 23,413 1,349
36575 Semmes 22,027 212
36693 Mobile 19,528 592
36606 Mobile 18,697 1,054
36618 Mobile 18,204 441
36571 Saraland 16,543 163
36619 Mobile 15,334 333
36541 Grand Bay 15,048 62
36613 Eight Mile 12,659 94
36617 Mobile 12,409 1,057
36587 Wilmer 12,279 43
36544 Irvington 12,049 115
36610 Mobile 9,948 509
36604 Mobile 9,158 1,361
36603 Mobile 8,438 854
36522 Citronelle 7,063 12
36572 Satsuma 6,725 322
36611 Mobile 6,421 508
36607 Mobile 6,004 770
36521 Chunchula 5,165 15
36612 Mobile 4,208 541
36560 Mount Vernon 2,936 19
36523 Coden 2,913 31
36525 Creola 2,335 51
36528 Dauphin Island 1,771 109
36509 Bayou La Batre 1,596 62
36688 Mobile 1,275 507
36505 Axis 920 12
36602 Mobile 861 85
36568 Saint Elmo 99 51
36663 Mobile 59 393
36512 Bucks 13 2
36615 Mobile
36652 Mobile

About Mobile County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Mobile County in Alabama contains roughly 38 ZIP codes spread across 19 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 414,903. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Alabama index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 363, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Mobile County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Mobile County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.