Mobile housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Mobile home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index placed Mobile, Alabama's typical home at $196,696 in September 2026. That was −0.4% from a year earlier and −2.2% under the February 2025 peak of $201,039.
- Value of the typical home
- $196,696September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- −0.4%. Compared with September 2025.
Mobile home prices since 2000
The steel line represents Mobile; the grey line represents the United States. From January 2000, a typical Mobile home rose from $97,114 to $196,696, a multiple of ×2.03. During those months, the US multiple reached ×2.99. The boom high was $148,100 in November 2008, while the low was $109,178 in October 2012, a −26.3% change.
Mobile median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026 only the latest month is shown.
| Year | Mobile | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $99,437 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $104,059 | +4.6% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $106,763 | +2.6% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $108,015 | +1.2% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $109,807 | +1.7% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $114,965 | +4.7% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $130,993 | +13.9% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $143,915 | +9.9% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $146,825 | +2.0% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $143,400 | −2.3% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $132,636 | −7.5% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $117,447 | −11.5% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $110,275 | −6.1% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $110,836 | +0.5% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $110,358 | −0.4% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $112,151 | +1.6% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $116,688 | +4.0% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $121,813 | +4.4% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $126,595 | +3.9% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $134,077 | +5.9% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $145,104 | +8.2% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $163,176 | +12.5% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $183,506 | +12.5% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $191,095 | +4.1% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $198,658 | +4.0% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $198,828 | +0.1% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $196,696 | −0.4% | $366,157 |
Today’s value of a Mobile home bought in any year
This is a typical-home estimate based on an index, rather than an appraisal.
Twelve monthly index values are averaged for each year. The current value is September 2026. See also: home appreciation calculator.
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Mobile housing market forecast
For the Mobile, AL metro, Zillow's forecast projects a +1.0% rise over 12 months from September 2026, plus +0.2% in the next three months. Mobile's typical value is $196,696, so the forecast would place it near $198,700 one year from now.
The figure repeats Zillow's central estimate for the metro; it is not a forecast created by the site. The site has no forecast of its own. Over 12 months, this kind of forecast has typically differed from the actual change by several percentage points, whether up or down. This is not investment advice.
One table brings together every metro forecast: housing market forecast.
Mobile housing market crash risk score
33 out of 100, moderate
Mobile is ranked against 292 cities by a score based on five conditions that were high before past price falls. Every input receives a score from 0 to 100 after comparison with the other cities. Equal weight is then given to all five scores in the average. It shows today's conditions but does not forecast a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −9.9% | 28 | 20% |
| Listing days on the market vs 2019 | 0% | 41 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 13.0 | 11 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 3.6 | 17 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −0.4% | 70 | 20% |
Nothing here is investment advice. How each input is scored: methodology. Every one of the 292 cities ranked: crash risk by city.
Mobile inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Mobile, AL metropolitan area had 1,353 available homes for sale, with the total −3.1% from a year earlier and −9.9% from the same month in 2019. Listings had a median selling time of 66 days (0% against 2019), while 19.9% received a price cut.
| Mobile, AL metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 1,353 | −3.1% |
| New listings | 476 | |
| Median days on market | 66 | +0.8% |
| Median list price | $259,950 | −1.9% |
| Share with a price cut | 19.9% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. See every metro: days on market by city.
Living costs in Mobile
The Zillow Observed Rent Index shows a typical asking rent in Mobile of $1,258 a month, up +3.5% from a year earlier. A typical home is worth 13.0 years of that rent. With a median household income of $55,307 (Census ACS 2024), the typical home is worth 3.6 times one year's income. BEA gives the metro a price index of 88.1, compared with a US average of 100, and a housing-cost index of 60.1.
What rent and prices look like, plus the salary needed to move there: the Mobile cost of living.
Other Alabama housing markets
- $286,952. Huntsville
- $134,165. Birmingham
- $149,943. Montgomery
- $243,681. Tuscaloosa
Statewide information: Alabama housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point represents the Zillow Home Value Index for Mobile: a typical home's value in the market's middle third, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, stated in dollars for that month. An open circle identifies the month selected on the slider, while a terracotta circle marks the most recent month. No inflation adjustment applies to these figures, and the index tracks the typical home rather than any one house. Find what a single home is worth from its own sale price with the home appreciation calculator or with the card above it.