In last Friday’s post, we published the yearly poverty rates since 2012 from reports by Dr. Elena Delavega at University of Memphis, the authoritative source of information for our community. Her yearly reports are indispensable reading and research for anyone who seeks to understand Memphis.
That same report illuminated the polarized incomes between zip codes, and these are as follows:
61.0% – 38126
48.1% – 38105
45.3% – 38108
43.2% – 38127
41.9% – 38106
37.1% – 38114
34.6% – 38118
32.2% – 38122
32.1% – 38107
31.4% – 38115
29.4% – 38128
28.6% – 38112
28.3% – 38111
27.8% – 38116
25.6% – 38109
22.4% – 38104
22.3% – 38141
17.7% – 38103
15.8% – 38134
15.3% – 38053
10.5% – 38119
9.9% – 38018
9.6% – 38125
9.2% – 38117
8.1% – 38133
5.8% – 38016
5.3% – 38120
5.1% – 38002
5.1% – 38135
5.0% – 38139
4.4% – 38017
2.8% – 38028
2.8% – 38138
0.0% – 38054
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