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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Memphis, the average commute to work is 31.35 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Memphis is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Memphis are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.37% of adults in Memphis have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Memphis in 2022 was $29,096, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,384 for a family of four. However, Memphis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, Polish, Italian, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Memphis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
