City · Shelby County, Tennessee

Bartlett, Tennessee

Bartlett is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area. It has 56,876 residents. Bartlett, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 34 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,268 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #80 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on child poverty rate (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and distance to an airport (low). It ranks worst on violent crime rate (high), homicide rate (high) and property crime rate (high).

34Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,268 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #80 of 305 in TN
Population: 56,876 (2020-2024)
Land area: 33 mi²
Density: 1,742.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4703440

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety0#15,594/15,637
Economy87#1,967/15,631
Housing71#4,301/14,977
Health31#10,765/15,609
Healthcare52#7,451/15,650
Environment5#14,672/15,453
Education42#9,019/15,649
Infrastructure70#4,646/15,650
Community16#13,199/15,651
Leisure & amenities37#9,845/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bartlett, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Shelby County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child poverty rate · low4.4%
96/100Tennessee 18.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.374
90/100Tennessee 0.476United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Distance to an airport · low10 mi
88/100Tennessee 31 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauShelby County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShelby County value
New business applications · high18.1 /1k
84/100Tennessee 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauShelby County value
Poverty rate · low5.1%
83/100Tennessee 13.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high1,326 /100k
0/100Tennessee 492 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationShelby County value
Homicide rate · high20.9 /100k
1/100Tennessee 7.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataShelby County value
Property crime rate · high3,784 /100k
1/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationShelby County value
Firearm deaths · high28.8 /100k
3/100Tennessee 18.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataShelby County value
Injury deaths · high147 /100k
4/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShelby County value
Premature death · high14,597 /100k
5/100Tennessee 11,427 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShelby County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
9.7% (2015-2019) → 4.4% (2020-2024)
−5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.5% (2015-2019) → 94.2% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$84,688 (2015-2019) → $102,070 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
47.6% (2015-2019) → 44.0% (2020-2024)
−3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
28.9% (2015-2019) → 26.7% (2020-2024)
−2.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bartlett, Tennessee improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Child poverty−5.3 points9.7% → 4.4%
Household income+21%$84,688 → $102,070

Declined1

Price / income+0.9×2.2× → 3.0×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Bartlett, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%2015-2019	35.7%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	89.5%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Child poverty rate	9.7%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Improved	70%
Effective property tax rate	1.26%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	81%
High school diploma or higher	94.7%2015-2019	95.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3722015-2019	0.3742020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$84,6882015-2019	$102,0702020-2024	+21%	Improved	34%
Poverty rate	6.1%2015-2019	5.1%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Rent-burdened households	47.6%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Unemployment rate	4.0%2015-2019	3.4%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.5%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	30%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bartlett, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bartlett, Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bartlett, Tennessee itself moved +0.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

56,876 residents (±39)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

20,051 households (±729)

Bartlett, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k6.4%1,277
$25k–50k13%2,628
$50k–75k16%3,238

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

20,051 households (±729)

Bartlett, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own86%17,161
Rent14%2,890

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

27,266 workers (±1,004)

Bartlett, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone80%21,867
Carpool7.3%1,980
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Shelby County, the county holding most of Bartlett's residents.

Shelby County has 19,359 employer establishments, 211 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Tennessee's), with 446,048 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,548. The Census Bureau also counts 102,747 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 19,359; 102,747 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 211; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 446,048
Average annual pay: $64,548; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Shelby County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,617	17.7	0.85×About typical	27,394	$75,803	4,710
Restaurants and other eating places	1,600	17.5	0.95×About typical	33,536	$22,540	564
Lessors of real estate	792	8.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	5,233	$69,473	6,356
Limited-service restaurants	790	8.6	1.08×About typical	16,125	$19,867	191
Specialty trade contractors	768	8.4	0.54×Fewer than typical	13,240	$70,668	4,779
Full-service restaurants	625	6.8	0.89×About typical	14,868	$26,093	217
Offices of physicians	575	6.3	0.97×About typical	11,795	$110,957	923
Religious organizations	568	6.2	1.12×About typical	7,817	$27,173	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	483	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	7,850	$44,765	9,701
Gasoline stations	436	4.8	1.47×More than typical	1,962	$26,115	45
Truck transportation	426	4.7	0.92×About typical	12,818	$62,388	2,584
Clothing and accessories stores	408	4.5	1.23×About typical	4,886	$22,991	1,520

Rank places for an industry Open Shelby County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 915,501 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3.4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bartlett, Tennessee: $59.96 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.4M; +6.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $59.96; US $1,994
Sole-source: 18%; US 30%
Single offer: 37%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1.7M48%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.4M40%
Department of the Navy$207K6.1%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$132.8K3.9%
Department of the Army$100.3K2.9%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$2,0350.1%

Top recipients

CROWLEY HOLDINGS LLC$506.9K15%
CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC$459.4K13%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP$321.5K9.4%
C & M BALING SYSTEMS, INC.$275.1K8.1%
DUNBAR MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, LLC$263.8K7.7%

Spending by fiscal year

3.2MFY2017
4.3MFY2018
6.3MFY2019
5.4MFY2020
3.1MFY2021
3.1MFY2022
5.2MFY2023
3.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$830.3K24%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$818.2K24%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$459.4K13%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$275.1K8.1%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$203.3K6.0%
Investigation and security services · 5616

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Bartlett, Tennessee

REMOVE AND REPLACE BOILER/COOLING TOWER/REHEAT COILS.$737.7K
CROWLEY HOLDINGS LLC· Shelby County, TN· Construction & real property· Apr 3, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· 12639526P0094
PAVEMENT REPAIR$668.5K
CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC· Shelby County, TN· Construction & real property· Jun 17, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 12639526P0164
INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING RCTA FOR SEARCH ARREST WARRANT OPERATION I AND II$660.5K
SHIELD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC· Shelby County, TN· Education & social services· Jul 15, 2021 – May 26, 2026· W9127Q21C0013
INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING RCTA FOR EMERGENCY NARC OPERATIONS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Bartlett, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Bartlett, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Shelby County, TN ($551.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.6% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bartlett is mostly in Shelby County.

See federal money in Shelby County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bartlett, Tennessee is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Shelby County24100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Memphis, TN-MS-AR15

Other cities and towns in Shelby County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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