Mobile ranks #6 in Alabama for low depression
Mobile is ranked on 34 lists against the 196 Alabama towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
Longer growing season than 100% of Alabama
Not better or worse, just Mobile’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Mobile does best on
Each list ranks every AL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mobile marked.
Mobile lands in the top half on 11 of 23 lists
Each dot is Mobile’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in AL, the right end is last. Areas where Mobile does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for low depression
Lists where Mobile sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Mobile out-ranks 4 of its 8 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Mobile lands in every AL ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Pelham · 36.7%
#14
Most trails#1 Pelham · 2.5 mi / sq mi
#34
Most walkable#1 Brighton · 159 / sq mi
#44 Health
Healthiest#1 Mountain Brook · 99 / 100
#97
Lowest obesity#1 Mountain Brook · 27%
#101
Fewest smokers#1 Mountain Brook · 7%
#63
Most active#1 Mountain Brook · 15%
#110
Fewest uninsured#1 Mountain Brook · 4%
#78
Lowest depression#1 Brighton · 20%
#6
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enterprise · 0.7 mi
#57 People
Most educated#1 Mountain Brook · 88.6%
#52
Youngest#1 Livingston · 20.7
#63
Oldest#1 Centre · 59.3
#131
Most residents 65+#1 Centre · 38%
#100
Most kids#1 East Brewton · 38.3%
#113 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jackson · 14.1 min
#62 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Brighton · 1.1 yrs
#99
Cheapest rent#1 Eutaw · $442/mo
#124
Lowest property tax#1 Holt · $223/yr
#151
Rent easiest to afford#1 Muscle Shoals · 26.1%
#47 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Orange Beach · 49.8%
#63
Most new homes#1 Triana · 47.2 per 1,000
#106
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Fastest-rising home prices#1 Sheffield · +87.7%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Chickasaw · 31.9 per home
Schools
Best schools#1 Mountain Brook · +44.3 pts
#131
Highest graduation rate#1 Florence · 98%
#141 Safety
Safest#1 Southside · 5.8
#99 
The number on the right is Mobile’s spot. All of Alabama’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every AL list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.