A typical Mobile home is worth roughly $22,000
Home prices around Mobile have risen about 43% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2014.
What kind of housing town is Mobile?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
What it takes to buy in Mobile
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That covers a typical Mobile home, with $258K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,100 a month here, $1,960 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Texas typical property tax (1.49% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,100
Renters already here pay a median of $1,175, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home prices up 43% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Mobile rose 43% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Texas. Last year prices fell 3.5%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Mobile, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
No new homes permitted in 2014
No permits for new homes were issued in Mobile in 2014 or in any year since 2000.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Mobile's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2014, so the 2014 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
36% of Mobile households own their home
Half of Mobile’s homes were built before 1986.
Texas: 63% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Mobile vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Mobile. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile | $22K* | −3.5%† | $2,100 | — | — |
| Fate | $355K | −3.5% | $2,270 | 297 | $132,752 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Mobile buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.