Bartlett vs Memphis

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

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

Memphis has the higher population (629,063 vs 56,998 in Bartlett). Bartlett has the higher median household income ($100,660 vs $51,211 in Memphis). Bartlett has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $157,100 in Memphis).

Population, income & housing

	Bartlett	Memphis
Population	56,998	629,063
Median age	41.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,660	$51,211
Median home value	$283,700	$157,100
Median gross rent	$1,658	$1,123
Housing units	20,818	292,290
Homeownership rate	84.4%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartlett	Memphis
Population	59,102 → 56,998 (-3.6%)	651,932 → 629,063 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$84,688 → $100,660 (+18.9%)	$41,228 → $51,211 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$185,100 → $283,700 (+53.3%)	$101,800 → $157,100 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,383 → $1,658 (+19.9%)	$901 → $1,123 (+24.6%)

Bartlett

Population

59,10256,998

Median household income

$84,688$100,660

Median home value

$185,100$283,700

Median gross rent

$1,383$1,658

Memphis

Population

651,932629,063

Median household income

$41,228$51,211

Median home value

$101,800$157,100

Median gross rent

$901$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartlett	Memphis
Under 5	5.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.9%
75 and over	6.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartlett	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	22.9%
Black or African American	22.3%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartlett	Memphis
No high school diploma	5.0%	12.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartlett	Memphis
Drove alone	81.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartlett	Memphis
1-unit, detached	91.5%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	16.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bartlett	Memphis
Poverty rate	6.0%	22.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1992	1970