Housing in Southeast at a glance
- Population
- about 48,082
- Housing units
- about 20,797
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $155,000Memphis: $169,000 (-8%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,250 a monthMemphis: $1,181 (+6%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 34.9%Memphis: 44.9%
- Homes built before 1980
- 39.1%
- Median year built
- 1982
Owning is least common in Southeast, the south-eastern district of Memphis: 34.9% of households own, the lowest share among the ten planning districts and a long way under the 44.9% citywide. Rent tells another story. It ranks third of ten, reaching $1,250, 6% above $1,181. Owners put their homes at $155,000, fifth of ten and 8% short of Memphis's $169,000. Its stock is among the younger ones: 39.1% of homes come from before 1980, and the typical home dates from 1982. East reaches $338,000 in value, University $282,000, while Parkway Village sits down at $119,000, so Southeast sits between its higher-value and lower-value neighbours. Parkway Village and University both have more owners, with 38.3% and 54.4% of households, and East has 63.4%. Older housing is not the story here; University, with 81.3% built before 1980, and Parkway Village, with 73.8%, have far more of it.
Questions about Southeast
What is the median home value in Southeast, Memphis?
$155,000 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 Southeast?
$1,250 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 Southeast own or rent?
Most rent: 34.9% 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 13 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.
Southeast is one of the 10 most populous of 14 memphis 3.0 planning districts of Memphis: estimated population about 48,082 (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 Southeast
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 Southeast. 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 Southeast? Ask for your spot.