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Best places to live in Greater Memphis

9 places with 828,907 residents within about 25 km of Memphis, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Memphis, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Horn Lake
    Mississippi, 26,915 residents    57
  2. 2Olive Branch (Mississippi)
    Mississippi, 36,010 residents    51
  3. 3Lynchburg (Mississippi, 2,437 residents)
    Mississippi, 2,437 residents    49
  4. 4Southaven
    Mississippi, 52,589 residents    48
  5. 5Walls
    Mississippi, 1,268 residents    42
  6. 6Germantown (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 39,240 residents    40
  7. 7Memphis (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 633,104 residents    29
  8. 8West Memphis
    Arkansas, 25,052 residents    19
  9. 9Marion (Arkansas)
    Arkansas, 12,292 residents    15

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For retired couples

  1. 1Germantown (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 39,240 residents    63
  2. 2Horn Lake
    Mississippi, 26,915 residents    58
  3. 3Memphis (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 633,104 residents    54
  4. 4Olive Branch (Mississippi)
    Mississippi, 36,010 residents    52
  5. 5Lynchburg (Mississippi, 2,437 residents)
    Mississippi, 2,437 residents    51
  6. 6West Memphis
    Arkansas, 25,052 residents    50
  7. 7Southaven
    Mississippi, 52,589 residents    48
  8. 8Marion (Arkansas)
    Arkansas, 12,292 residents    39

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For remote workers

  1. 1Germantown (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 39,240 residents    63
  2. 2Horn Lake
    Mississippi, 26,915 residents    62
  3. 3West Memphis
    Arkansas, 25,052 residents    61
  4. 4Memphis (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 633,104 residents    58
  5. 5Marion (Arkansas)
    Arkansas, 12,292 residents    56
  6. 6Olive Branch (Mississippi)
    Mississippi, 36,010 residents    55
  7. 7Southaven
    Mississippi, 52,589 residents    54

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For commuters

  1. 1Southaven
    Mississippi, 52,589 residents    71
  2. 2Memphis (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 633,104 residents    71
  3. 3Horn Lake
    Mississippi, 26,915 residents    67
  4. 4Olive Branch (Mississippi)
    Mississippi, 36,010 residents    63
  5. 5Germantown (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 39,240 residents    58
  6. 6West Memphis
    Arkansas, 25,052 residents    55
  7. 7Lynchburg (Mississippi, 2,437 residents)
    Mississippi, 2,437 residents    53
  8. 8Marion (Arkansas)
    Arkansas, 12,292 residents    50

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For single professionals

  1. 1Memphis (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 633,104 residents    62
  2. 2Germantown (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 39,240 residents    42
  3. 3Southaven
    Mississippi, 52,589 residents    40
  4. 4Horn Lake
    Mississippi, 26,915 residents    35
  5. 5Olive Branch (Mississippi)
    Mississippi, 36,010 residents    31
  6. 6West Memphis
    Arkansas, 25,052 residents    27
  7. 7Marion (Arkansas)
    Arkansas, 12,292 residents    24

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Horn Lake
    Mississippi, 26,915 residents    53
  2. 2Southaven
    Mississippi, 52,589 residents    52
  3. 3Olive Branch (Mississippi)
    Mississippi, 36,010 residents    51
  4. 4West Memphis
    Arkansas, 25,052 residents    50
  5. 5Marion (Arkansas)
    Arkansas, 12,292 residents    48
  6. 6Lynchburg (Mississippi, 2,437 residents)
    Mississippi, 2,437 residents    46
  7. 7Germantown (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 39,240 residents    39
  8. 8Memphis (Tennessee)
    Tennessee, 633,104 residents    38

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Towns in Greater Memphis