Best places to live in the Memphis metro area
Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the Memphis metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on cost of living, higher education rate, housing, public schools, diversity, and crime. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.
#20. West Memphis
- Niche grade: C+
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 24,147
#19. Walls
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 1,392
#18. Memphis
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 629,063
#17. Millington
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 11,117
#16. Horn Lake
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 26,622
#15. Oakland
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: C-
- Population: 9,544
#14. Lynchburg
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 1,894
#13. Brighton
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 2,865
#12. Marion
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 13,641
#11. Piperton
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 2,457
#10. Atoka
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 10,237
#9. Munford
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 6,459
#8. Hernando
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: A-
- Population: 17,580
#7. Southaven
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 55,531
#6. Arlington
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 14,989
#5. Bartlett
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 56,998
#4. Lakeland
- Niche grade: A
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 14,068
#3. Olive Branch
- Niche grade: A
- Public school grade: A
- Population: 46,538
#2. Collierville
- Niche grade: A+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 51,212
#1. Germantown
- Niche grade: A+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 40,812