Citronelle, Alabama.
Typical home $166,072 (+4.3% in a year). Mobile, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$426 (+95%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,798 +4%
- $159,273$166,072 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $22,710 +16%
- $143,362$166,072 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Citronelle$872
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.
Typical home values in Citronelle, AL rose 4.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama
Citronelle is a city of 3,946 people in Mobile County. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Mobile County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Citronelle is a small city in the northern part of Mobile County, Alabama. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are modest. Incomes run below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than is usual, while fewer adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild, with January the coldest month and chilly nights, and summers are hot, with July the warmest.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, the building trades and shops. Among the largest workplaces in Citronelle are Crowne Health Care of Citronelle, a skilled nursing facility, RDA Services Company, an industrial building contractor, and Andrews Hardware Co, a home center and building materials store. The typical commute is long, and almost no one works from home. Unemployment in Mobile County is higher than a year earlier, and the county has slightly fewer jobs than the year before.
Things to do. The best-known places nearby are the Alabama River and the Tombigbee River, both reached by a longer drive, and good choices for time on the water. The Mobile Museum of Art, also a longer drive away, offers an indoor outing. Bottle Creek Indian Mounds, an archaeological site, is likewise a longer drive.
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- 1,473households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 1%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mobile County had 175,010 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 69°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chatom weather station, 26 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Citronelle
- Crowne Health Care of CitronelleSkilled nursing facility107
- RDA Services CompanyIndustrial building construction, general contractors95
- Andrews Hardware CoHome centers, building materials49
- Houchens Food GroupSupermarkets and other grocery stores38
- AZZGalvanizing metals and metal products for the trade31
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 320 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Citronelle’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Mobile County and the Mobile, AL metro.
Citronelle home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Citronelle$166,072
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Citronelle listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Citronelle17.31%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Citronelle39
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Citronelle8
Zip codes with a Citronelle address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Citronelle — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.