2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Long Beach, CA vs Mobile, AL

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Highlights
- Household income in Mobile, is 37% less than it is in Long Beach and is 54% below the National Average.
- Long Beach unemployment rate is 11.5%.
- Mobile unemployment rate is 6.2%.
 Long Beach, CAMobile, ALUnited States
 Unemployment Rate11.5%6.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.7%1.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth32.5%27.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes10.3%10.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$35,856$28,905$37,638
 Household Income$71,150$44,780$69,021
 Family Median Income$79,319$59,444$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Long Beach, CAMobile, ALUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K9.7%16.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.3%7.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K7.1%10.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.4%11.4%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.7%9.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.2%6.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.0%9.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.7%9.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K16.4%10.9%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.1%3.9%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K9.5%4.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Long Beach, CAMobile, ALUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.4%14.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science5.9%4.2%6.5%
 Community, social services2.0%2.0%1.8%
 Legal1.1%1.4%1.2%
 Education, library5.8%6.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.5%1.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.0%7.8%6.2%
 Healthcare support4.1%3.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.3%2.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.2%6.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.0%4.2%3.6%
 Personal care2.8%2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.6%20.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.7%7.2%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving13.6%14.5%13.1%
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 4 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 6 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Mobile    37 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Avoid at all costs weak job market bad schools discrimnation of disabled in workplace and schools , I have lived here most of my life and have been trying to get out  More

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someone freshly graduated from high school with no work experience can pick up a serving job and make more hourly than someone who works in an entry level healthcare  More

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Over 3 years ago

I lived in that City for almost 12 years I have nothing good to say about it I have nothing bad to say about it People especially the cops some cricket wrong doing  More

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