Bradenton vs Memphis

A side-by-side comparison of Bradenton and Memphis: population, income, housing, and more.

Bradenton and Memphis are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bradenton has the higher population (56,289 vs 10,626 in Memphis). Memphis has the higher median household income ($71,967 vs $60,964 in Bradenton). Memphis has the higher median home value ($292,200 vs $282,500 in Bradenton).

Population, income & housing

	Bradenton	Memphis
Population	56,289	10,626
Median age	45.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,964	$71,967
Median home value	$282,500	$292,200
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,155
Housing units	29,124	4,028
Homeownership rate	57.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradenton	Memphis
Population	56,551 → 56,289 (-0.5%)	9,647 → 10,626 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$46,776 → $60,964 (+30.3%)	$48,393 → $71,967 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $282,500 (+66.4%)	$157,000 → $292,200 (+86.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,475 (+32.1%)	$1,032 → $1,155 (+11.9%)

Bradenton

Population

56,55156,289

Median household income

$46,776$60,964

Median home value

$169,800$282,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,475

Memphis

Population

9,64710,626

Median household income

$48,393$71,967

Median home value

$157,000$292,200

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradenton	Memphis
Under 5	6.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	19.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.2%
75 and over	13.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradenton	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	31.4%
Black or African American	13.5%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradenton	Memphis
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.9%
High school graduate	31.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradenton	Memphis
Drove alone	72.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradenton	Memphis
1-unit, detached	43.8%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	17.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Bradenton	Memphis
Poverty rate	14.2%	23.0%
Average household size	2.36	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1983	1988