City safety & data profile

MillingtonTN

Millington, TN is a 11K-resident city in Shelby County with a median household income of $49,979.

Shelby County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Millington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Millington has a population larger than 7% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $207,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 8%
By size
$49,979
Median income (place)
$207,300
Median home (place)
16.5%
Poverty rate (place)
My saved cities

The read on Millington

Millington posts a median household income higher than 9% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 10%
by median income, US cities

Where Millington income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$49,979 Bottom 9% higher than 9% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Millington $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Millington, TN beyond the headline numbers

Millington sits inside Shelby County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.34°N, -89.90°W. Population 11,027, $49,979 median household income. Median home value $207,300, median rent $1,111. Poverty rate 16.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Millington, TN stands at 16.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Millington runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.3% of Millington workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 20.1% in Millington, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Millington workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Millington from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,027
Millington · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$49,979
-44% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$207,300
-50% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Shelby County): Millington's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
919K-1%
Median Income
$63,767+38%
Median Home Value
$249,100+88%
Poverty Rate
17.8%-14%
Unemployment
7.2%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Millington, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,111/mo
Poverty Rate
16.5% +33% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 18.8%
Work From Home 6.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 50.8%
African American 34.1%
Asian 3.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
43.1%
Short Sleep Duration
39.7%
Obesity
38.2%
Physical Inactivity
29.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.4%
Current Smoking
20.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.4%
Diabetes
16.2%
Binge Drinking
14.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.4%
Annual Checkup 79.9%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
8%
Stroke
4.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Millington?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Millington right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-MILLINGTON · Millington

Millington: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Millington; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

Read with this city profile

Tracking Safety Alerts in Your Area

How Areazine tags Millington in the CAP feed
All safety guides →

Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Millington, TN? ▼
Millington, TN has a population of 11,027 people, located in Shelby County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Millington? ▼
The median household income in Millington, TN is $49,979 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.5%.
What is the median home value in Millington? ▼
The median home value in Millington, TN is $207,300. Median rent is $1,111/month.
What are the top health concerns in Millington? ▼
The top health indicators in Millington include High Blood Pressure (43.1%), Short Sleep Duration (39.7%), Obesity (38.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Millington? ▼
The median age in Millington, TN is 37.6 years. 18.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Millington, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (16.5% here).

Los Angeles, CA 16.5% Norfolk, VA 16.5% Midwest City, OK 16.5% Enterprise, AL 16.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($49,979 here).

Beech Grove, IN $49,973 Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 Lauderdale Lakes, FL $50,006 Sylacauga, AL $50,017

Compare Millington with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Ellendale, TN 26K Bartlett, TN 59K Lakeland, TN 13K Cordova, TN 69K Arlington, TN 12K Memphis, TN 633K Germantown, TN 39K New South Memphis, TN 642K
All cities in Tennessee → Compare Millington vs Ellendale → All comparisons → Browse all cities

Using Millington's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Millington area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Millington against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Shelby County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.