Housing in Core City at a glance
- Population
- about 52,357
- Housing units
- about 32,110
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $303,000Memphis: $169,000 (+79%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,150 a monthMemphis: $1,181 (-3%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 36.2%Memphis: 44.9%
- Homes built before 1980
- 71%
- Median year built
- 1954
Core City, west of the Memphis centre, is mostly rented: only 36.2% of households own, ninth of ten districts and under the 44.9% Memphis-wide share. Even so, owners' estimates of $303,000 place it second of ten on value and 79% more than the Memphis-wide $169,000. Rent is $1,150, 3% below the $1,181 level for the city. Some 71% of the homes predate 1980, and 1954 is the midpoint of construction. University reports $282,000, so it is the nearest neighbour in value. Whitehaven reports $139,000 and Jackson $95,000, both far below, while Whitehaven's housing is slightly older, with 83.5% built before 1980. Pre-1980 housing is less common here than in University, with 81.3%, or Jackson, with 90.7%. Owners in University form 54.4% of households and in Jackson 49.1%, both more than the 36.2% here. Rent in University is $1,200, above Core City, whereas Jackson's $1,070 and Whitehaven's $1,060 are below it.
Questions about Core City
What is the median home value in Core City, Memphis?
$303,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $169,000 for Memphis as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Core City?
$1,150 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,181 in Memphis (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Core City own or rent?
Most rent: 36.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 44.9% in Memphis (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 24 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Core City is one of the 10 most populous of 14 memphis 3.0 planning districts of Memphis: estimated population about 52,357 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Memphis GIS, Memphis 3.0 Planning Districts, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Memphis as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Core City
The closest sectors of Memphis, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Memphis
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Core City. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Core City? Ask for your spot.