Housing in Whitehaven at a glance
- Population
- about 40,091
- Housing units
- about 18,546
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $139,000Memphis: $169,000 (-18%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,060 a monthMemphis: $1,181 (-10%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 43.2%Memphis: 44.9%
- Homes built before 1980
- 83.5%
- Median year built
- 1966
Whitehaven's rent of $1,060 is the lowest among the ten Memphis planning districts, 10% beneath the $1,181 city level. Owners' estimates of $139,000 also lie below the Memphis-wide $169,000, by 18%, and rank seventh. Ownership of 43.2% of households is close to the city's 44.9%. Housing here is old: 83.5% of the stock goes back to before 1980, the second-highest share in the city, and homes typically date from 1966. Whitehaven sits in the south-west. Westwood next door is lower on value, with $82,000, and Parkway Village, with $119,000, is lower as well, whereas Core City, far higher, reaches $303,000. Owners are fewer than in Westwood, where 56.7% of households own, but more than in Parkway Village with 38.3% or Core City with 36.2%. Westwood's pre-1980 share is 79.8%, a little below Whitehaven's, and Parkway Village's is 73.8%.
Questions about Whitehaven
What is the median home value in Whitehaven, Memphis?
$139,000 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 Whitehaven?
$1,060 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 Whitehaven own or rent?
Most rent: 43.2% 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 11 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.
Whitehaven is one of the 10 most populous of 14 memphis 3.0 planning districts of Memphis: estimated population about 40,091 (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.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Whitehaven. 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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