Housing in East at a glance
- Population
- about 47,689
- Housing units
- about 22,438
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $338,000Memphis: $169,000 (+100%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,430 a monthMemphis: $1,181 (+21%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 63.4%Memphis: 44.9%
- Homes built before 1980
- 56.9%
- Median year built
- 1976
No district in Memphis combines as many top ranks as East. Owners put their homes at $338,000, the highest of ten and 100% above the $169,000 Memphis-wide level. Owners also form 63.4% of households, again the highest, against 44.9% citywide. Rent reaches $1,430, second of ten, 21% above the $1,181 city level. The housing is mid-aged: 56.9% was built before 1980, and 1976 is the median. East sits east of the centre. Southeast reports $155,000 and has only 34.9% owners. Parkway Village reports $119,000. University reports $282,000; none of them comes close to the ownership level of East. Its pre-1980 share is lower than University's 81.3% and Parkway Village's 73.8%, so the newer stock helps explain why East prices sit apart from the south and the centre of the city. Parkway Village also has just 38.3% owners, and rents there reach $1,190, below East.
Questions about East
What is the median home value in East, Memphis?
$338,000 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 East?
$1,430 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 East own or rent?
Most own: 63.4% 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 12 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.
East is one of the 10 most populous of 14 memphis 3.0 planning districts of Memphis: estimated population about 47,689 (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 East
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 East. 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 East? Ask for your spot.