The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Memphis has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Memphis a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Memphis, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.71 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Memphis does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Memphis rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.10% of adults 25 and older in Memphis have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Memphis in 2022 was $31,712, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,848 for a family of four. However, Memphis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Memphis is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Memphis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Memphis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Memphis include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Memphis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
