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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-MEMPHIS-FL · Memphis, FL 10,626 pop · income 52nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Memphis
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Memphis on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Palatka · lowest
33,628
Palatka · lowest
33,628 median HH income
30.7% of the leader · rank #1
Tool · near
71,964
Tool · near
71,964 median HH income
65.8% of the leader · rank #2
Valders · near
71,964
Valders · near
71,964 median HH income
65.8% of the leader · rank #3
Memphis · this city
71,967
Memphis · this city
71,967 median HH income
65.8% of the leader · rank #4
Bolivar Penin… · near
71,970
Bolivar Penin… · near
71,970 median HH income
65.8% of the leader · rank #5
Courtland · near
71,972
Courtland · near
71,972 median HH income
65.8% of the leader · rank #6
Pebble Creek · highest
109,375
Pebble Creek · highest
109,375 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Memphis on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 10,626.
Memphis ranks in the 52nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
52nd
percentile, household income
64th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Memphis, FL
Memphis is a small town in Florida, home to 10,626 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Memphis brings in $71,967 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 17.5%. Memphis's housing stock carries a median value of $292,200, and the median resident age is 35.8 years. About 20.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 57.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Florida, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 75.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Memphis's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Memphis, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Memphis?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Alachua (10,638 residents, $78,526 income); Pine Ridge CDP (Citrus County) (10,676 residents, $66,131 income); Palatka (10,558 residents, $33,628 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chalco, NE (10,625 residents); Fairview, OR (10,627 residents); Pella, IA (10,624 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Memphis?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Memphis?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 17.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Above median income · poverty 17.5% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
F
City profile score · Memphis, FL
33/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income C-
$71,967
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
17.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Memphis profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 51/100 (C-) · $71,967
Bachelor's+ share: 35/100 (F) · 20.4%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Poverty rate: 18/100 (F) · 17.5%
How does Memphis compare to other US cities?
Memphis measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income52% higher than other cities
Home value64% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Memphis against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Memphis near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Memphis ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Memphis only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#403 of 903
55th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#454 of 894
49th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#163 of 930
82nd percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#597 of 930
36th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
52nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Memphis's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$292,20036th percentilemore affordable than 36% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Memphis's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,874 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,039 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.1×, Memphis sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,874 of 15,516 and #2,039 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$71,967Memphis, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Memphis, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Memphis, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)17.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,626
Median Income
$71,967
Median Home Value
$292,200
Median Age
35.8
Poverty Rate
17.5%
Labor force participation
57.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.0%
Carpool
12.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
4.7%
Other
1.2%
Based on 4,471 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Memphis. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Memphis is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Memphis sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Memphis compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.