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The county seat holds 187,041 of Mobile County's 414,809 residents, counted in 2020. Around it sit the northern ring of Prichard, Chickasaw, Saraland and Satsuma, then large unincorporated places such as Tillmans Corner and Theodore, then outlying towns on the highways: Semmes, Citronelle, Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre and Dauphin Island. The land area is 1,229 square miles, and water takes another 415 square miles of the total, so the road network is smaller than the map suggests.
Because Mobile County is also a gateway, customers do not stop at the county line. Freight comes and goes along I-10 and I-65, flights land at Mobile Regional Airport, and Mississippi lies about 3 miles from Grand Bay. A Mobile County coverage plan has to say which part of that reach you want, not only which zones you live in.
Zone by zone
The oldest part of the county seat, on the Mobile River and joined across it by the Bankhead and Wallace Tunnels. Parade routes, historic districts and a college campus nearby give searches event, visitor and school words.
The suburban side of the city, built along Airport Boulevard, Cottage Hill Road and Schillinger Road, with hotels at the I-65 interchange and the commercial airport. Residents and travelers both search here.
A historic community about three miles north of downtown, inside the city of Mobile rather than a town of its own. People search for it by its own name, and the US 90 bridge crosses the river beside it.
A city just up US 45 from downtown, about 4 miles away, where I-65 and the I-165 spur meet. It is the home of the University of Mobile and the first stop of the northern ring.
Alabama's largest census designated place, with 17,731 people in 2020 and no city hall of its own. Customers type the name alone. I-10 runs about 14 miles to downtown, and Alabama 193 starts here for the island.
A northern suburb about 9 miles from downtown on US 43, with 16,171 people in 2020 and its own school system since autumn 2008. Residents search under the city name.
A small city of about 4.6 square miles, 5 miles from downtown on US 43, wedged between Mobile, Prichard and Saraland. It began as a shipyard company town, and customers may not know where its borders fall.
An unincorporated community on the southern strip, 6,270 people in 2020, entered from I-10 at Exit 13 on Theodore Dawes Road. Bellingrath Gardens and the Fowl River give searchers landmarks.
The far end of the northern ring, about 13 miles from downtown where US 43 and I-65 meet. It had 6,749 people in 2020 and runs its own school system.
Fast growing and incorporated only in 2011, about 15 miles northwest of downtown on Moffett Road (US 98). The estimate for 2025 is 6,259, up from 4,941 in 2020.
About 34 miles north of Mobile on US 45, near the Washington County line. Oil was found here in 1955, and the city is the county's far northern customer pool.
An unincorporated community in the southwest, about 26 miles from Mobile on US 90 and about 3 miles from the Mississippi line, with farmland, pecans and a watermelon festival.
A working waterfront city about 27 miles south southwest of Mobile, known for seafood and boatyards and connected to Grand Bay by Alabama 188.
A barrier island town at the mouth of Mobile Bay, reachable only by the Gordon Persons Bridge on Alabama 193. Visitors, a bird sanctuary and storm flooding shape its year.
Distances
| Place | Distance from downtown | The road |
|---|---|---|
| Prichard | About 4 miles | US 45, with I-65 and I-165 close by |
| Chickasaw | About 5 miles | US 43, with I-65 at Exit 10 |
| Saraland | About 9 miles | US 43 (Saraland Boulevard) and I-65 |
| Satsuma | About 13 miles | US 43, ending where it meets I-65 |
| Tillmans Corner and Theodore | About 14 miles | I-10, with Theodore Dawes Road at Exit 13 |
| Semmes | About 15 miles | US 98 (Moffett Road) |
| Grand Bay | About 26 miles | US 90, southwest toward Pascagoula |
| Bayou La Batre | About 27 miles | By road to the south southwest; Alabama 188 joins it to Grand Bay |
| Citronelle | About 34 miles | US 45 north |
| Dauphin Island | About 27 miles of Alabama 193 from Tillmans Corner | The Gordon Persons Bridge, the only road |
Distances come from the county brief and are rounded as given there. Use them as ranges, not as drive times.
What joins the zones
| Route | Zones it serves | What to remember |
|---|---|---|
| I-10 and the George Wallace Tunnel | Downtown, west Mobile, the southern strip | The tunnel under the Mobile River is the main crossing, and the sharp western curve causes long backups. |
| I-65 and I-165 | The northern ring and the city core | I-65 runs north through Prichard, Chickasaw, Saraland and Satsuma. I-165 links the ring to downtown directly. |
| US 43 | Chickasaw, Saraland, Satsuma | The northern corridor, running on toward Jackson, Alabama. |
| US 45 | Prichard and Citronelle | The main road for the county's northwest. |
| US 98 and Moffett Road | West Mobile and Semmes | Runs northwest toward Hattiesburg, and crosses the river downtown by the Bankhead Tunnel. |
| US 90 | Africatown, Grand Bay | The older route along the south edge of the county. |
| Alabama 188 and 193 | The southern coast and Dauphin Island | The way to Bayou La Batre and the island; one bridge decides access to the island. |
| A planned I-10 river bridge | The whole core | Reported at about 3.2 billion dollars in July 2026, with construction start repeatedly slipping. Habits may change when it opens. |
From the county brief. Check current conditions before using a route in customer-facing copy.
Pulling power
| Place | What it is | Pull on the map |
|---|---|---|
| Port of Mobile | Alabama's only deepwater port, with 42 berths | Industrial and freight demand around the river and Blakeley Island |
| Mobile Regional Airport | Commercial flights to Atlanta, Houston, Dallas Fort Worth, Charlotte and Washington Dulles | Travelers and nearby hotels and services in west Mobile |
| Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley | A 1,650 acre aerospace complex with more than 70 companies | Commercial supply and service demand east of downtown |
| University of South Alabama | A public doctoral university with more than 16,000 students | Student and employee demand, plus the medical campus |
| Spring Hill College | Chartered in 1830, with about 1,500 students | The Spring Hill neighborhood |
| University of Mobile | A university in Prichard with about 2,000 students | Prichard and the first stretch of the northern ring |
| USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park | A World War II battleship and the submarine USS Drum on Mobile Bay | Visitor traffic along Battleship Parkway |
Institutions are shown as geography only. Staff and student counts are rounded from the county brief.
Coverage plans
Start with the city and its suburban side, using the I-10, I-65 and Airport Boulevard routes as directions. This suits a storefront or a crew that does most of its work inside the city limits, and it leaves the outer zones for a second round.
Pick the road you drive most and cover every zone on it: Prichard, Chickasaw, Saraland and Satsuma on the northern line, or Tillmans Corner and Theodore on the southern strip. It matches the way crews move and keeps drive time honest.
Give each zone a page or profile entry in order of drive time, from nearest to farthest, and finish with the islands and corners. This suits a business with several crews or a wide trade such as health or insurance.
Reading the map
Several pairs on the map behave like one market. Chickasaw, Prichard and Saraland border each other and share the I-65 and US 43 spine, so a business in one can usually reach all three. Tillmans Corner and Theodore are joined by the same I-10 exit area. Grand Bay and Bayou La Batre are joined by Alabama 188. Other pairs look close on paper but are not: Dauphin Island is about 27 miles of one road from the nearest mainland community, and Citronelle sits far enough north that a Mobile crew needs a reason to go there.
When you plan coverage, ask whether a customer in the far zone would be willing to wait for a visit. If not, treat the zone as outside your area and say so on your pages. If so, give it its own page and its own line in the profile.
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It is part of the city of Mobile, about three miles north of downtown, even though it is a distinct historic community with its own name. On a coverage map treat it as a named neighborhood of the core. Use the name in page text if your business serves it, and avoid calling it a separate city.
No. Baldwin County across Mobile Bay forms a different metro, so Eastern Shore towns are outside this county. If your crews cross the bay, treat that as a second service area with its own map and page set, not as a zone here. Say plainly on your pages which side of the water you serve, so nobody calls expecting a visit you will not make.
Start with two, one for Tillmans Corner and one for Theodore, because customers search each name and the two have different landmarks. If you have little to say about one of them, combine them and name both in the heading until you have more to add.
Because it behaves differently. It has one road, a calendar shaped by visitors and storms, and a travel cost that is real. A business that serves it should say so and plan for storm closures, and one that does not should keep it off the map.
Probably outside your core coverage. It is about 34 miles north of Mobile on US 45. If you take a job there now and then, say so on a service-area page with a travel note, and do not spend ad budget there.
Grand Bay is about 3 miles from the state line, and US 90 runs on to Pascagoula. Decide whether you will serve Mississippi, then set your ad targeting and your profile service area to match. A clear boundary avoids calls you will decline and wasted ad spend.
It could change how long trips take across the river and over the bay, but reports in July 2026 describe the construction start as repeatedly slipping. Keep your service areas based on today's roads and drive times, and review them the day the project actually begins.
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