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How the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202681 of 86 ZIP codes scored · 1.3M residents represented

Score snapshot

44.85Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
41.88Median scoremiddle of 81 scored ZIPs
66.63Highest score38139 · Germantown
20.21Lowest score38106 · Memphis
46.42Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#326Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
66%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.89M of 1.3M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.89MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs66% of the metro
0.66MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs49% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 50 of 81
  1. 1,39638139in Germantown · 16,466 residents66.63
  2. 2,31638138in Germantown · 25,167 residents64.25
  3. 2,57838120in Memphis · 13,309 residents63.79
  4. 3,83138017in Collierville · 56,826 residents61.47
  5. 5,09638672in Southaven · 16,436 residents59.68
  6. 5,26038029in Ellendale · 0 residents59.43
  7. 5,50938119in Memphis · 23,464 residents59.12
  8. 7,70238002in Lakeland · 43,882 residents56.55
  9. 7,79738117in Memphis · 25,776 residents56.47
  10. 7,99338103in Memphis · 14,534 residents56.28
  11. 8,07338018in Cordova · 38,527 residents56.19
  12. 8,89738016in Cordova · 44,136 residents55.48
  13. 9,00138654in Olive Branch · 57,898 residents55.38
  14. 9,34938135in Bartlett · 30,317 residents55.09
  15. 10,13238054in Millington · 102 residents54.45
  16. 10,20438651in Nesbit · 8,731 residents54.39
  17. 10,47138028in Arlington · 7,992 residents54.18
  18. 10,58938632in Hernando · 31,374 residents54.08
  19. 11,43438125in Memphis · 43,071 residents53.46
  20. 12,69738066in Piperton · 3,446 residents52.55
  21. 12,86838133in Bartlett · 21,278 residents52.42
  22. 14,21738152in Memphis · 438 residents51.44
  23. 14,54838104in Memphis · 22,634 residents51.20
  24. 16,04638004in Atoka · 12,001 residents50.15
  25. 16,61238060in Oakland · 12,552 residents49.74
  26. 18,29738668in Senatobia · 14,791 residents48.51
  27. 18,43438680in Walls · 6,839 residents48.39
  28. 19,51138076in Williston · 954 residents47.54
  29. 19,52038671in Southaven · 37,319 residents47.53
  30. 20,97438058in Munford · 10,303 residents46.31
  31. 22,25738134in Memphis · 43,947 residents45.14
  32. 23,04672364in Marion · 16,034 residents44.38
  33. 23,38638642in Lamar · 2,126 residents44.03
  34. 23,70638618in Coldwater · 9,866 residents43.70
  35. 23,78638057in Moscow · 3,563 residents43.62
  36. 24,41138637in Horn Lake · 26,647 residents42.96
  37. 24,47438011in Brighton · 9,948 residents42.89
  38. 24,88838641in Lake Cormorant · 2,450 residents42.43
  39. 24,93438141in Memphis · 23,952 residents42.35
  40. 25,29138112in Memphis · 16,809 residents41.91
  41. 25,31738603in Ashland · 2,530 residents41.88
  42. 25,36838665in Sarah · 3,514 residents41.83
  43. 25,74138068in Somerville · 10,427 residents41.41
  44. 26,02372384in Turrell · 695 residents41.01
  45. 26,09238111in Memphis · 41,934 residents40.92
  46. 26,10438053in Millington · 25,303 residents40.91
  47. 26,37338661in Red Banks · 2,126 residents40.54
  48. 26,44238647in Michigan City · 994 residents40.45
  49. 26,74138023in Drummonds · 5,682 residents40.02
  50. 26,82438633in Hickory Flat · 2,212 residents39.91
Open the full Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro ranking →One page, all 81 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

16 of 80 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access33%438,853 people

6 ZIP codes tie at this end: 38104 Memphis38118 Memphis38119 Memphis38133 Bartlett38671 Southaven72301 West Memphis

Disability33%438,652 people

Standing highest: 38054 Millington38120 Memphis38139 Germantown

Chronic Disease Burden32%430,969 people

3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 38054 Millington38103 Memphis38152 Memphis

Risk Behavior30%400,049 people

Standing highest: 38120 Memphis38138 Germantown38139 Germantown

Social Need / SDOH26%351,816 people

Standing highest: 38103 Memphis38104 Memphis38120 Memphis

Preventive Care25%333,662 people

Standing highest: 38120 Memphis38138 Germantown38139 Germantown

Climate / Disaster Risk23%303,851 people

Standing highest: 38054 Millington38114 Memphis38126 Memphis

Mental Health16%209,984 people

Standing highest: 38651 Nesbit38654 Olive Branch38672 Southaven

Environmental Hazard5%70,463 people

Standing highest: 38603 Ashland38665 Sarah38685 Waterford

Each fifth is about 16 of this metro’s 80 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 1,341,712 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Memphis, TN-MS-AR figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.