Memphis, Tenn.—home of the blues, soul, and rock and roll—is also home to significant economic, social, and cultural assets. One of these assets is the Memphis Medical District, a 2.6-square-mile area in the core of the city’s downtown that is working to ensure a more vibrant, prosperous, and equitable future for all Memphians.
However, there are significant barriers to achieving this future in one of the nation’s poorest metropolitan statistical areas—particularly for residents living in and around the medical district. Of these nearly 11,000 residents, 65% are Black, 43% of households live below the poverty line, and median household income is $19,125.
How a Memphis medical district is connecting residents to living-wage jobs
/in Brookings InstituteMemphis, Tenn.—home of the blues, soul, and rock and roll—is also home to significant economic, social, and cultural assets. One of these assets is the Memphis Medical District, a 2.6-square-mile area in the core of the city’s downtown that is working to ensure a more vibrant, prosperous, and equitable future for all Memphians.
However, there are significant barriers to achieving this future in one of the nation’s poorest metropolitan statistical areas—particularly for residents living in and around the medical district. Of these nearly 11,000 residents, 65% are Black, 43% of households live below the poverty line, and median household income is $19,125.
Hire Local 901 helps Memphians work closer to home
/in High Ground NewsMadison Heights is an emerging Memphis neighborhood with some big advantages — thriving small businesses, throngs of commuters and charming architecture and trolley buses that feel like a step back in time. The neighborhood is also considered a consistent poverty tract according to the U.S. Census, and many of its residents lack personal transportation, are under- or unemployed and in need of jobs nearby.
Fortunately, Madison Heights is at the eastern edge of the Medical District in close proximity to Memphis’ major medical institutions and the employment opportunities they provide.