MemphisFL
A town of 9,185.
Is Memphis a good place to live?
Memphis is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 429th of 634 graded towns in Florida, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: a typical home costs about $314K, 3.9 years of the North Port metro’s $81K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Memphis has 1 place on the National Register. Memphis is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Washington Borrow Pit Park, at 82 acres.
What makes Memphis stand out
Where Memphis beats most towns.
Memphis lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 11% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Memphis grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Memphis is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tropicana Field and 60 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Memphis. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
10 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
28 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
11 mi MuseumJohn and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
35 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Memphis: who provides what
Memphis is unincorporated, so Manatee County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Memphis.
Memphis has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Bradenton and beyond.
Very high risk in Memphis, with hurricanes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 188 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Memphis.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Memphis fall behind 62% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Manatee school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Tillman Elementary Magnet SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 614 | B− |
| Educational Harbor Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 60 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Memphis
Memphis has 1,109 jobs for its 4,077 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 1,468 in 2013 to 1,109.
Most working residents leave Memphis for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Memphis fell to 1,109 in 2023, 359 fewer than in 2013. 6.4% of workers work from home in Memphis, below both Florida’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (11%).
| Memphis | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.4% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Memphis’ grade for health is a C
43% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Memphis, against 37% in Florida’s towns and 36% across U.S. towns. 19% of Memphis adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Memphis beats the Florida average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Memphis | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Memphis | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.6% | 9.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 22.8% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Memphis, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Bradenton 5 Ese weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 116 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. January nights average 52.7°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.1°.
Memphis has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Memphis is 53°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Memphis | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 53°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Memphis has set aside 3.7% of its land for conservation
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Washington Borrow Pit Park | — | 82 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Memphis’ grade for cost of living is a B−
Memphis’ median rent is $1,173 a month.
| Memphis | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,173 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Memphis
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Memphis
About 3 of every 100 Memphis residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Memphis has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
7,848 counted in 2010 and 9,024 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Memphis
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Memphis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 9,024 as of the 2020 census, up from 7,848 in 2010. It is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 20 ft
- Area code
- 941
Memphis’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Memphis.
Memphis, Palmetto and Ellenton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Memphis with a neighbor →
Questions about Memphis
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Memphis, FL a good place to live?
Memphis grades C− overall, better than 23% of U.S. towns and #429 of 634 in Florida. It grades C for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Memphis, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $314,000, 16% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.