Memphis Ranks Last on LendingTree’s ‘Boomtown’ List

Memphis, TN, October 1, 2026 —

Memphis has been ranked at the bottom of LendingTree’s ‘boomtown’ list, placing 50th out of 50 cities evaluated. The ‘boomtown’ designation is used by the financial services company LendingTree to identify areas experiencing significant growth in terms of population movement, new construction, and entrepreneurial activity.

The ranking places Memphis below all other assessed cities in the identified metrics related to growth and development. The specific criteria and detailed methodology used by LendingTree to compile the ‘boomtown’ list were not provided in the summary information.

LendingTree’s analysis aims to pinpoint cities where Americans are actively relocating, initiating building projects, and establishing new businesses. Memphis’s position at the end of this ranking suggests a relative lack of these growth indicators compared to other major cities across the country included in the study.

Further details regarding the specific data points contributing to Memphis’s last-place finish, such as rates of migration, building permits, or new business registrations, were not specified. The summary also did not include information on the other cities ranked on the list or the timeline of the report’s data collection.

Story summarized from the original created by David Royer on wreg.com, see more information here.

Media gallery