Housing in Westwood at a glance
- Population
- about 38,289
- Housing units
- about 16,330
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $82,000Memphis: $169,000 (-51%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,080 a monthMemphis: $1,181 (-8%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 56.7%Memphis: 44.9%
- Homes built before 1980
- 79.8%
- Median year built
- 1965
Westwood has the lowest value estimate of the ten Memphis planning districts: $82,000, 51% beneath the $169,000 Memphis-wide level. Ownership is high despite that, with 56.7% of households owning, second of ten and ahead of the 44.9% across the city. Rent of $1,080 lies 8% under the $1,181 city level and ranks eighth. The stock is old, since 79.8% of homes date from before 1980, and the typical home was built in 1965. In the south-west of the city, Westwood borders Whitehaven, which reports $139,000, and Parkway Village, which reports $119,000. Core City stands apart with $303,000, and only 36.2% of its households own. Its pre-1980 share is below Whitehaven's 83.5% but above Core City's 71% and Parkway Village's 73.8%. Owners also outnumber their counterparts in Whitehaven, where the share is 43.2%, and in Parkway Village, where it is 38.3%. Nothing else nearby matches Westwood's mix of the lowest values with the second-highest ownership.
Questions about Westwood
What is the median home value in Westwood, Memphis?
$82,000 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 Westwood?
$1,080 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 Westwood own or rent?
Most own: 56.7% 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 8 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.
Westwood is one of the 10 most populous of 14 memphis 3.0 planning districts of Memphis: estimated population about 38,289 (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 Westwood
The closest sectors of Memphis, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Westwood. 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
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