The 10 Worst Pittsburgh Suburbs

The 10 Worst Pittsburgh Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Brownsville, the absolute worst place to live around Pittsburgh according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Brownsville beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the worst in the Pittsburgh area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 5th worst when it comes to home values.

But hey, at least it’s cheap to live there. But there’s a reason for that… it’s Brownsville.

You won’t feel bad about not having a great income for the area. There aren’t a bunch of places to spend your money anyway.

Welcome to North Braddock. Home to KMart, Big Lots, and a lot of gas stations.

This city is 7.0 miles to Pittsburgh. Income levels here are the 11th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $39,885 a year, which only goes so far even on a shoestring budget.

But on the bright side, there are a lot of fast food joints in the area.

Back up the highway we go for the third worst Pittsburgh suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see McKeesport on here. While the cost of living is low, your entertainment and work options are limited. And that’s an understatement.

In terms of numbers, it’s in the worst 15% for insurance, and the adult high school dropout rate is poor compared to other Pittsburgh suburbs.

But at least there are lovely parks to bring the kids during the day.

If you live in Donora, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 20th lowest Pittsburgh suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 7th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Pittsburgh. Remember, we looked at 93 cities for this study.

Donora is about 18.9 miles to downtown.

California has the distinction of being a Pittsburgh suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, California has the 2lowest home values in the metro Pittsburgh area, where the median price is $112,750. The median income is $250,001.

California has an unemployment rate of 10.21% which ranks 15th worst.

Turtle Creek has 5,087 residents that probably know it’s a pretty crummy place to live when you look at the data. (Or, if you’ve ever been there, you don’t need to look at the data.)

Incomes are towards the bottom, and the poverty rate sits at 27.862903225806452%.

Ah, Duquesne. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Pittsburgh.

It’s the place with the 32nd most out of work residents in the Pittsburgh metro area (7.83%).

Homestead is a city about 4.2 miles from Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh probably wishes it was further away. It ranks as the 8th worst burb for 2018.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a worse place to live. Homestead has the 26th most uninsured people, 2nd worst incomes, and has the 19th highest unemployment rate (9.91%) in the entire Pittsburgh metro area.

Homes only cost $63,440 for a reason. That’s cheap for Pittsburgh standards.

If you absolutely have to live near Pittsburgh, then Liberty might be a place for you to consider as it’s only the 9th worst Pittsburgh suburb.

About 10.17% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Pittsburgh suburbs to call home is Mount Oliver.

Located 2.0 miles outside the city, Mount Olivers is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 18th highest unemployment rate (10.06%), and poverty is far above the area average.