Longboat Key vs Memphis

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

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

Memphis has the higher population (10,626 vs 7,512 in Longboat Key). Longboat Key has the higher median household income ($143,365 vs $71,967 in Memphis). Longboat Key has the higher median home value ($959,200 vs $292,200 in Memphis).

Population, income & housing

	Longboat Key	Memphis
Population	7,512	10,626
Median age	71.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,365	$71,967
Median home value	$959,200	$292,200
Median gross rent	$2,969	$1,155
Housing units	9,865	4,028
Homeownership rate	93.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longboat Key	Memphis
Population	7,283 → 7,512 (+3.1%)	9,647 → 10,626 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$114,762 → $143,365 (+24.9%)	$48,393 → $71,967 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$740,500 → $959,200 (+29.5%)	$157,000 → $292,200 (+86.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $2,969 (+82.7%)	$1,032 → $1,155 (+11.9%)

Longboat Key

Population

7,2837,512

Median household income

$114,762$143,365

Median home value

$740,500$959,200

Median gross rent

$1,625$2,969

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)

	Longboat Key	Memphis
Under 5	0.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	0.7%	22.0%
18 to 24	0.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	0.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	3.9%	19.0%
45 to 54	5.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	21.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	29.9%	8.2%
75 and over	37.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longboat Key	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	31.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longboat Key	Memphis
No high school diploma	1.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	10.8%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	36.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longboat Key	Memphis
Drove alone	38.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	12.3%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	43.2%	4.7%
Other means	9.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longboat Key	Memphis
1-unit, detached	21.9%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	44.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Longboat Key	Memphis
Poverty rate	4.5%	23.0%
Average household size	1.80	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1979	1988