Your Guide to Buying a Home in Mobile, AL

Buying a Home in Mobile, Alabama

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Mobile is located in Mobile County

Population: 202,707 Centrally located on the Gulf Coast, at the mouth of the Mobile River and the edge of Mobile Bay is Alabama's Port City - Mobile.  Named an All-America City in 1995 by the National Civic League, and in 1998 Money Magazine ranked Mobile as one of the "300 Best Places to Live".  Mobile is one of the oldest and most historic cities in America, and will celebrate its tricentennial in 2002.  More than 3,000 Live Oak trees are over 100 years old, and the Duffie Oak on Caroline Street is believed to be Mobile's oldest living "resident" at 300 years of age. 

Mobile is a major source of trade and production along the central Gulf Coast, creating a vibrant economy and a steady source of employment.  Employment Base: Services - 27.2%; Wholesale & Retail Trade - 26.5%; Government - 15.4%; Manufacturing - 12.3%; Construction & Mining - 8.0%; Transportation & Public Utilities - 5.6%; Finance, Insurance & Real Estate - 4.4%. 

Housing choices include spacious brick houses in sub-divisions, renovated Creole cottages in the historic district and year-round water-front homes.

The average January temperature is 49.9°F and in July the average temperature is 82.3°F.

Recreation
There are many public golf courses, and some are ranked in Golf Digest's "Best Places to Golf".

The modern-day Mardi Gras celebration was born in Mobile making it the first Mardi Gras in the United States in 1703.

Mobile is 150 miles from New Orleans, 250 miles from Birmingham and 350 miles from Atlanta.

Famous People from Mobile
Hank Aaron and Satchel Page (both in the National Baseball Hall of Fame)
William Crawford Gorgas (conqueror of the Yellow Fever)