Collierville vs Memphis

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

Collierville 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 51,212 in Collierville). Collierville has the higher median household income ($134,319 vs $51,211 in Memphis). Collierville has the higher median home value ($458,300 vs $157,100 in Memphis).

Population, income & housing

	Collierville	Memphis
Population	51,212	629,063
Median age	39.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$134,319	$51,211
Median home value	$458,300	$157,100
Median gross rent	$1,574	$1,123
Housing units	18,547	292,290
Homeownership rate	80.7%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collierville	Memphis
Population	50,086 → 51,212 (+2.2%)	651,932 → 629,063 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$113,996 → $134,319 (+17.8%)	$41,228 → $51,211 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$319,300 → $458,300 (+43.5%)	$101,800 → $157,100 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,574 (+18.3%)	$901 → $1,123 (+24.6%)

Collierville

Population

50,08651,212

Median household income

$113,996$134,319

Median home value

$319,300$458,300

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,574

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)

	Collierville	Memphis
Under 5	5.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.9%
75 and over	5.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collierville	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	22.9%
Black or African American	10.9%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collierville	Memphis
No high school diploma	4.4%	12.6%
High school graduate	13.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collierville	Memphis
Drove alone	72.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.3%	8.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collierville	Memphis
1-unit, detached	81.3%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	16.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Collierville	Memphis
Poverty rate	2.6%	22.5%
Average household size	2.88	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1997	1970