Memphis, TN
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| | Overall Rankings | |
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| | Metro Area (out of 45): | |
| | Healthy Housing: 45th | |
| | Prior Rank: 39th | |
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| | Central City (out of 44): | |
| | Healthy Housing: 40th | |
| | Prior Rank: 43rd | |
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| | Click here for comparison to prior report. | |
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| | Data source: 2011 American Housing Survey | |
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Location Summary
Positive Findings: Compared to the national average, Memphis-area central city homes were less likely to lack complete plumbing. Owner-occupied homes were less likely to have room heaters without a flue, lack complete plumbing, or experience water supply stoppage.
Areas for Improvement: Compared to the national average, Memphis-area homes had more roof, siding, window, and foundation problems, problems with broken plaster, holes in walls, flush toilet breakdowns, lack of complete plumbing, rooms without electrical outlets, signs of mice, and water supply stoppage. Homes in the central city were more likely than the national average to have water leaks from inside and outside, heating equipment breakdown, inadequate kitchen facilities, and signs of rats.
Community Information: The Memphis MSA is comprised of Crittenden, Desoto, Fayette, Shelby, and Tipton counties, Tennessee. In 2011, the MSA included 472,239 occupied dwelling units, 51.2% of which are located in the central city of Memphis. The housing stock of the MSA ranked among the youngest and had an average percentage of rental units of the cities surveyed. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked 13th-youngest for the MSA and 11th-youngest (8.5%) for the central city. The median house age in the Memphis MSA was 1979. The percentage of rental units ranked 14th-most heavily rental (37.8%) for the MSA and 16th-least heavily rental (47.1%) for the central city. Compared to other locations, Memphis had a higher poverty rate, ranking 45th (22.2%) for the entire MSA – the highest rate of the cities surveyed – and 43rd (34.0%) for homes in the central city.