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Quality of Life

Mobile – Invest in 300 Years of America

Rich in history, Mobile was founded by French explorer Jean Baptiste LeMoyne of Bienville in 1702. French, English, Spanish and Native American influences have blended to create a unique culture influencing everything from our celebration of Mardi Gras to the gumbo we eat to the architecture of our homes.

Mobile is a picturesque city located at the mouth of the Mobile River and the edge of Mobile Bay, leading to the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 591,000 residents live in the metropolitan area that covers 2,828 square miles.

As one of the oldest cities in the United States, our city combines Southern tradition, beauty and charm with all the elements of a fast-growing, successful community.

In 30 minutes you can be on the sandy-white beaches of Dauphin Island in south Mobile County, or ferry from there across Mobile Bay to Gulf Shores in a few minutes more. The mountains of northern Alabama are only a few hours drive.

Mobile’s diversity is mirrored in a plethora of activities. From the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo to fresh water fishing, antique shopping to outlet bargains, baseball to football, museums to the modern IMAX Dome Theater, tee-time on the course to tea time at a historic Plantation home, world-renown Bellingrath Gardens and Home to the USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park, Dauphin Island Sailboat Regatta to greyhound racing, Mardi Gras to the Christmas parade of Boats along Dog River – Mobile is a great place to live and work.

Lagniappe (A Little Something Extra)

The Mobile Bay region offers an abundance of cultural and recreational opportunities for people of all ages – a variety of museums, theater, symphony, opera, ballet, fishing, golfing, relaxing at the beach and more.

  • Mobile’s cost of living is consistently one of the lowest out of the 80 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to an ACCRA survey.

  • Mobile was founded in 1702 and celebrated its Tricentennial in 2002.

  • Mobile Bay is the hometown of baseball Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Ozzie Smith and Satchel Paige.

  • The Mobile Bay area welcomes nearly 7.2 million visitors a year.

  • Regional golf is among the nation’s finest, with more than 25 courses.

  • Mobile has three major universities – one public, University of South Alabama; one private Jesuit, Spring Hill College; and one private Southern Baptist institution, University of Mobile.

  • At least 31 international companies have current operations in Mobile.

  • Mobile is home to the GoDaddy.com Bowl, Senior Bowl, Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, the Dauphin Island Regatta and the Distinguished Young Women (formerly America’s Junior Miss) scholarship program.

  • Six different flags have flown over Mobile: French, Spanish, British, Republic of Alabama, Confederacy and United States of America.

  • The Mobile Tennis Center is the nation’s largest public facility with 50 hard courts.

  • Mobile is known as the Azalea City thanks to Frise Langlois, who first brought the bright pink blossoms here from his father’s garden in Toulouse, France, in 1754.

  • Mobile was named an All-American City by the National Civic League, one of the most coveted titles among U.S. cities.