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17,677people live here $60,837median household income▼ 25% below US $908median rent per month▼ 36% below US $166,700median home value▼ 50% below US

Tillmans Corner is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, AL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Tillmans Corner

Tillmans Corner is an unincorporated community in Alabama with rent below the national average, home prices that remain within reach, and county unemployment below the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Tillmans Corner deals with household incomes below the national average, college degree attainment below the national average, larger class sizes than the national average, and hot summers.

The good

Rent below the national average
Affordable home prices
Low unemployment in the county

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio
Hot summers
Very rainy — 67" of rain per year
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options

How Tillmans Corner compares

Median household income

Tillmans Corner$60,837

Alabama avg$63,999

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Tillmans Corner$908

Alabama avg$1,007

US$1,413

Median home value

Tillmans Corner$166,700

Alabama avg$209,900

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Tillmans Corner

Based on Tillmans Corner's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$1,816

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $36,320 a year
49% of Tillmans Corner renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$33,340

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $16,670
Homes cost 2.7× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▼ 36% below US

$908/mo median rent

Rent here is genuinely low, with median rent around $908 a month. Factoring in local incomes, the value gets even better. Money stretches further here than in most of the country. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $166,700. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $166,700 · 49% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.5% county unemployment

Unemployment in Mobile County is 3.5%, a little below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Mobile County (county-wide)

Safety

276 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Tillmans Corner doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Mobile County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 731/100k · Policed by Mobile County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

26 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 26.1 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 7% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

81%

Carpool

8.5%

Work from home

6.7%

Walk

1.9%

Other

1.5%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 90°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 43°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 60% below US

14% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

2 public schools inside the boundary

There are 2 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Gulf Islands National Seashore (61 miles away).

Bottom line

Tillmans Corner's strongest points are rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and college degree attainment below the national average. A year of median rent ($908/mo) equals 18% of the median household income here, less than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget.

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