Tillmans Corner, Alabama

Area Profile

17,677 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Tillmans Corner, in Mobile County.

50out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 21% of 4,196 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 14 sources
Opportunity3,729th of 4,199 cities measured35
Schools2,139th of 4,162 cities measured49
Growth2,244th of 4,224 cities measured49
Housing affordabilityTop 39% of 4,218 cities measured70
ClimateTop 21% of 4,225 cities measured78
Physical resilience3,332nd of 4,226 cities measured26
AccessTop 42% of 4,226 cities measured95
Economic stability3,664th of 4,226 cities measured34
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable cities measured: unemployment is 4.4% and the Opportunity signal places Tillmans Corner in the bottom 11%. The unemployment rate is published for Mobile County, AL, which contains Tillmans Corner, rather than for Tillmans Corner alone.

In the public schools here, 48% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 17.1 students for every teacher.

Residential permitting has slowed: 1,180 units authorized over the past twelve months, 15% below the prior year. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Mobile County, AL, which contains Tillmans Corner, rather than for Tillmans Corner alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
17,677
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$60,837
Bottom 41% nationally
Density
1,361/sq mi
13 sq mi of land
Median age
34.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Alabama
Metro area
Nearest major airport
MOB
8 mi · Mobile Rgnl
Median home value
$166,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Mobile County, AL, which contains Tillmans Corner, is 4.4% — higher than in all but 47% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment across Mobile County, AL, which contains Tillmans Corner, fell 2.0% over the past year, to 175,526 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsMobile County, AL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$54,21514th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftMobile County, AL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$56,47317th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$6,6542024 ACS 5-Year$60,837Bottom 41%of 29,2232024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,6012024 ACS 5-Year$29,840Bottom 36%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year17.6%Bottom 28%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.7 min2024 ACS 5-Year27.3 minBottom 47%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year14.3%Bottom 33%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year81.3%64th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentMobile County, AL’s figureJuly 2026175,526Top 35%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Mobile County, AL’s figureJuly 2026−1.7%Bottom 27%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Mobile County, AL’s figureJuly 2026−2.0%Bottom 21%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceMobile County, AL’s figureJuly 2026183,56365th percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year70.4%Bottom 28%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageMobile, AL Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$58,170Bottom 10%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageMobile, AL Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$47,000Bottom 16%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.3%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Mobile County, AL’s figureJuly 2026+0.8%Bottom 5%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateMobile County, AL’s figureJuly 20264.4%Bottom 47%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year6.7%45th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202461k46k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $60,837 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Mobile, AL

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Registered Nurses5,260$79,490
Retail Salespersons4,900$29,710
Stockers and Order Fillers3,840$35,070
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive3,780$42,840
Cashiers3,710$28,240
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers3,510$51,010

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Mobile County, AL, which contains this city.

48% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 47% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 17.1 students for every full-time teacher across 2 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
2
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
17.1
across all schools here
Math proficiency
48.0%
Top 48% in Alabama
Reading proficiency
47.1%
Top 48% in Alabama
All 2 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
WC Griggs Elementary SchoolMobile County60116.253%46%
Meadowlake ElementaryMobile County37318.640%49%

68.3% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Alabama’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 11% below the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 88.7, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Mobile, AL Metro Area is up 41% over five years, and up 2.1% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $762 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.46% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,130, some 24% above the $908 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,130 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $45,200 a year, about 74% of the median household income here of $60,837.

The typical renter household here spends 31% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $908 a month.

A median home at $166,700 costs 2.4 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $70,391, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Cost of living
88.7

Prices here run about 11% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Mobile, AL Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
31.2%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.4×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,130
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$908
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$166,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Tillmans Corner’s median household income of $60,837, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Mobile, AL Metro Area’s figure202388.7Top 4%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Mobile, AL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+2.1%35th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Mobile, AL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+40.8%45th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Mobile, AL Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+89.0%45th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.42024 ACS 5-Year2.4Top 46%of 26,8152024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year66.1%30th percentileof 31,7172024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4922024 ACS 5-Year7,35892nd percentileof 32,1772024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$960Top 19%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,470Top 16%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,130Top 16%of 4,072FY2026
Median gross rent ±$622024 ACS 5-Year$908Top 43%of 23,1202024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$7,5322024 ACS 5-Year$166,70044th percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$782024 ACS 5-Year$76215th percentileof 26,4402024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$11,3712024 ACS 5-Year$70,391Bottom 38%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.05%2024 ACS 5-Year0.46%8th percentileof 20,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year31.2%Bottom 35%of 22,9502024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±212024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year6.8%49th percentileof 31,7692024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±2282024 ACS 5-Year49990th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

49/ 100
Ranks 2,244 of 4,224 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 1,180 units permitted over the past twelve months, only 4% are in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Mobile County, AL, which contains Tillmans Corner, rather than for Tillmans Corner alone.

Federal tax returns show Mobile County, which contains Tillmans Corner, lost about 0.2% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $54,215, close to the $56,473 of households that moved out.

At 2.9 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Mobile County, AL, which contains Tillmans Corner, rather than for Tillmans Corner alone.

Units permitted
1,180
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
2.9
Top 46% nationally
Year over year
−15%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
4.2%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
−0.2%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
69%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$54,215
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$56,473
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Baldwin County, AL 1,407 people · 13% of arrivals
  2. Jackson County, MS 494 people · 4.7% of arrivals
  3. Washington County, AL 258 people · 2.5% of arrivals
  4. Escambia County, FL 247 people · 2.4% of arrivals
  5. Jefferson County, AL 216 people · 2.1% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Baldwin County, AL 1,830 people · 16% of departures
  2. Jackson County, MS 496 people · 4.4% of departures
  3. Jefferson County, AL 322 people · 2.9% of departures
  4. Escambia County, FL 310 people · 2.8% of departures
  5. Harris County, TX 299 people · 2.7% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Mobile County, AL. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Tillmans Corner, AL is not one. This is the figure for Mobile County, AL, which contains this city.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 41°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 67.1 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 45, in the Good band, and no day in the year passed 100.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station MOBILE, 6.9 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND7.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year582024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals67.1"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals0.2"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals41°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals91°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals71991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year02024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year452024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals31°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
45
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
58
90th percentile index
Days above 100
0
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

26 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, inland flooding and tornado, with hurricane alone responsible for 60% of it. Tornado is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

HurricaneHigh
LightningModerate
Inland floodingModerate
Coastal floodingModerate
DroughtModerate
Cold waveModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, tornado, wildfire, earthquake, hail, winter weather, strong wind, ice storm, tsunami, volcanic activity, avalanche.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Mobile County records 14.8 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 22.8 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 20.2 per 100,000 residents in Mobile County.

Homicide
14.8
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
22.8
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
20.2
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
16.8
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Tillmans Corner (Mobile County) rather than Tillmans Corner itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. Either no municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — or its department did not report every month of the year. Either way there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Mobile Rgnl at 8 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year88.1%Bottom 43%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle8 miTop 18%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle2Bottom 8%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year8.1%Bottom 47%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Mobile RgnlMOB8 mi8,502 ft
Stennis IntlHSA75 mi8,498 ft
Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton BeachVPS101 mi10,012 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Mobile, AL

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
MobileMobile County203,41644Mobile vs Tillmans Corner
PrichardMobile County18,96136Prichard vs Tillmans Corner
SaralandMobile County16,40455Saraland vs Tillmans Corner

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

ZIP codes in Tillmans Corner

1 ZIP area

Every ZIP area in Tillmans Corner with census figures of its own, largest first.

ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueArea Score
3661914,697$64,755$191,40050