Cost of living in Bayou La Batre, Alabama
Bayou La Batre, Alabama has about 1,881 people. Typical rent is $880 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $37,679 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $880 a month.
Bayou La Batre is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $37,679 a year.
- People
- 1,881
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $880
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $37,679
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $87,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,139
- Mobile, AL MSA
Bayou La Batre, Alabama has about 1,881 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $87,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Mobile County is $1,139 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Bayou La Batre. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Mobile, AL metro area, prices sit at 88.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Bayou La Batre's exact store tax.
Some places in Alabama add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.07% of income. That is not a Bayou La Batre bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Bayou La Batre's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alabama in the table we use.
Among 290 places we list in Alabama with a rent figure, 147 have higher typical rent than Bayou La Batre.
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Typical rent $894
- Mobile
Typical rent $1,068
Compare with Bayou La Batre
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Alabama
Bigger places in Alabama
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.