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Shelby County (East)--Memphis city (East) & Arlington town (South) PUMA, TN

108,820 Population
99.2 square miles 1,097.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,780 ±$3,331 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$88,640 ±$7,717 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

6.5% ±3.2% (6,803  ±3,372) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25 minutes ±0.8 (1,228,170  ±76,297) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

42,772 ±3,028 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (105,353  ±9,227) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

9.8% ±4.4% (2,863  ±1,361) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

45,927 ±3,074 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$314,200 ±$17,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.3% ±3.3% (15,117  ±3,745.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.9% ±3.1% (71,468  ±5,620.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
41% ±3.6% (31,219  ±3,535.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

12.6% ±5.1% (12,657  ±5,174.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 8.3% 546,941 (±0.1% / ±7,667.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

9.2% ±3% (10,057  ±3,404) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6% ±1.5% (5,112  ±1,330) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,112 Total veterans ±1,330 4,383 Male ±1,170 729 Female ±559

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