Memphis

Best Memphis suburbs for families

Ranked on a families weighting: schools at 30%, amenities within two miles at 20%, and the four poll questions about children, safety and sidewalks at 20%. Cost still counts, at 15%. The full weighting is shown at the bottom, and it is not the same as the overall score.

Updated Sep 2026·14 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
A view of the gazebo on Collierville’s town square in March 2020.
Collierville$486k median · 25.1 min commute
Schools AAmenities CResidents inactive
72
Family score
overall 71 B−
2
Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown$471k median · 22.1 min commute
Schools AAmenities D+Residents inactive
71
Family score
overall 73 B
3
Bartlett, Tennessee Welcome to Bartlett
Bartlett$310k median · 24.4 min commute
Schools A−Amenities DResidents inactive
67
Family score
overall 66 C+
4
This is a photo collage around the city of Southaven, Mississippi
Southaven$236k median · 24.0 min commute
Schools BAmenities C−Residents inactive
66
Family score
overall 64 C+
5
Olive Branch, Mississippi. Downtown
Olive Branch$290k median · 24.5 min commute
Schools BAmenities DResidents inactive
65
Family score
overall 66 C+
6
Pictured on the left is the SY Wilson building located on Depot Square in Arlington, Tennessee, which was Shelby County's oldest continuously run family busines
Arlington$424k median · 27.3 min commute
Schools AAmenities FResidents inactive
63
Family score
overall 66 C+
7
Watertower in Horn Lake, Mississippi
Horn Lake$171k median · 25.7 min commute
Schools BAmenities D−Residents inactive
61
Family score
overall 54 C−
8
This Town of Atoka sign is located at the three-way stop in downtown Atoka, Tennessee where Atoka-Munford Avenue dead-ends into Main Street.
Atoka$321k median · 36.2 min commute
Schools B−Amenities DResidents inactive
60
Family score
overall 56 C−
9
Spring photo of Lake Garner in Lakeland, TN
Lakeland$389k median · 25.7 min commute
Schools A−Amenities FResidents inactive
58
Family score
overall 62 C
10
Courthouse in Hernando, Mississippi
Hernando$316k median · 26.9 min commute
Schools B−Amenities FResidents inactive
57
Family score
overall 59 C
This list's weighting
Schools 30%Amenities 20%Resident poll (Q2, Q5, Q6, Q8) 20%Cost of living 15%Housing 10%Commute 5%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Collierville (Chase Via · CC BY-SA 4.0); Germantown (Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY 3.0); Bartlett (Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com) · CC BY 3.0); Southaven (Trevor Birchett · CC BY-SA 4.0); Olive Branch (Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com) · CC BY 3.0); Arlington (Ttlouderback · CC BY-SA 4.0); Horn Lake (Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY-SA 3.0); Atoka (Andrew P. Bohrman, Stephanie Bohrman · CC BY-SA 4.0); Lakeland (Ben Evans · Public domain); Hernando (Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY-SA 3.0).