MEMPHIS is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Memphis, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Memphis is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $895 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $37,698 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 49% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Memphis — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
267,222
- Gender balance
49%
- Male skew
49%
- Median income
$37,698
- 1-bedroom rent
$895
- Living wage
$43,160
- Transit fare
$1
- Rent trend
$895
- Most female-leaning zone
40%
- Democratic
62%
- Island
36%
The shape of the market
Whitehaven, the south-side neighborhood around Graceland, tilts strongly female at about 40% male.
Memphis is a female-leaning metro, about 49% male, with downtown (62%) and the suburb of Bartlett (58%) the male-skewed exceptions.
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Memphis
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
Tennessee does not register voters by party; as a 2024 proxy, Shelby County voted about 62% Harris to 36% Trump.
Memphis’s Shelby County, a majority-Black county, is a strongly Democratic island in deep-red Tennessee, a state Trump carried by about 30 points.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in Shelby County needs about $43,200 a year just to cover the basics.
Memphis has the cheapest one-bedroom rents of any city we cover, under $900 and flat to slightly down, in a soft Southern market.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A MATA fare is normally $1.00, among the cheapest in the country, and is currently waived under a zero-fare pilot.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett | 12,050 | 58 / 42 | $37,651 | $1,198 |
| University District | 11,278 | 47 / 53 | $30,540 | $1,155 |
| Whitehaven | 10,482 | 40 / 60 | $28,809 | $1,059 |
| Cordova | 9,646 | 50 / 50 | $44,180 | $1,595 |
| Midtown | 7,845 | 52 / 48 | $42,905 | $1,112 |
| Downtown | 6,071 | 62 / 38 | $58,573 | $1,661 |
| South Memphis | 5,305 | 49 / 51 | $25,055 | $952 |
| East Memphis | 4,373 | 54 / 46 | $51,698 | $1,457 |
| Broad Avenue | 4,093 | 50 / 50 | $28,543 | $985 |
| Germantown | 1,451 | 56 / 44 | $65,595 | $1,726 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Memphis, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- Broad Avenue
Texas de Brazil - Memphis
- Midtown
Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar
- Bartlett
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
- Whitehaven
Seasons 52
- Germantown
Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill
- Broad Avenue
The Majestic Grille
- Broad Avenue
Buster's Liquors & Wines | University
- University District
Char Restaurant
- Whitehaven
Coastal Fish Company
- Broad Avenue
Esco Memphis Restaurant & Tapas
- Downtown
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
- Cordova
The Butcher Shop Steakhouse
- East Memphis
Amerigo Italian Restaurant
- Broad Avenue
Bardog Tavern
- Whitehaven
Owen Brennan's Restaurant
- Whitehaven
Prive
- Downtown
Sage Restaurant
- University District
Folk's Folly Prime Steak House
- Germantown
Moondance Grill
- Cordova
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
- Germantown
Southern Social
- Broad Avenue
Boscos Squared
- Cordova
Tannoor Grill middle eastern & Brazilian Steakhouse - Cordova
- Bartlett
Side Porch Steakhouse
- East Memphis
Hog & Hominy
- Midtown
Porch and Parlor
- Midtown
Itta Bena
- Germantown
Wolf River Brisket Co.
- East Memphis
Bog & Barley Irish Pub
- University District
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