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City in Tennessee

Memphis, TN

Shelby County

City in and county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.

Population
610,919 (2024)
Density
2,108 / sq mi
Land area
289.8 sq mi
Water area
8.9 sq mi
Elevation
338 ft
Founded
1819
Coordinates
35.1092, -89.9685

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Climate

July average high
92°F
January average low
33°F
Annual rainfall
54.9 in
Annual snowfall
2.7 in
  1. 51° 33° Jan 4.1"
  2. 56° 37° Feb 4.6"
  3. 64° 44° Mar 5.7"
  4. 73° 53° Apr 5.9"
  5. 82° 62° May 5.3"
  6. 89° 70° Jun 4.0"
  7. 92° 74° Jul 4.8"
  8. 92° 73° Aug 3.4"
  9. 86° 66° Sep 3.0"
  10. 75° 54° Oct 4.0"
  11. 63° 43° Nov 4.7"
  12. 53° 36° Dec 5.5"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Memphis Intl Ap (6 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Memphis ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$51,211
Median rent
$1,123 / mo
Median home value
$157,100
Median age
34.3
Unemployment
8.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher
28.2%
Poverty rate
22.5%
Renter-occupied homes
54.0%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
220
Students enrolled
101,109
Students per teacher
16.2 : 1
Charter schools
32.3%
School districts serving the city
3

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Districts: Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Achievement School District, Tennessee Public Charter School Commission

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
42.3%
No leisure-time physical activity
31.1%
Adults with diabetes
17.0%
Adults who smoke
20.2%
Frequent mental distress
20.8%
Sleeping under 7 hours
43.9%
Adults without health insurance
15.1%
Routine checkup in past year
80.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
45.2%
Share of city that is parkland
6.3%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
13.3
Median air quality index (county)
47
Unhealthy air days (county)
5

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
84.5%
Households with no internet
12.2%
Average commute
21.3 min
Work from home
8.0%
Commute by transit
0.8%
Commute on foot
1.7%
Commute by bike
0.2%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Shelby County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 12 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Cold wave: very high
  • Tornado: very high
  • Heat wave: relatively high
  • Earthquake: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

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