The 10 Worst Miami Suburbs

The 10 Worst Miami Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Florida City, the absolute worst place to live around Miami according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Florida City beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 4th worst in the Miami area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 6th 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 Florida City.

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 Opa Locka. Home to KMart, Big Lots, and a lot of gas stations.

This city is 9.1 miles to Miami. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $30,101 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 Miami suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Pembroke Park 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 Miami suburbs.

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

If you live in Lauderdale Lakes, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 2nd lowest Miami suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 3rd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Miami. Remember, we looked at 48 cities for this study.

Lauderdale Lakes is about 27.1 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Homestead has the 15th lowest home values in the metro Miami area, where the median price is $423,264. The median income is $178,095.

Homestead has an unemployment rate of 4.83% which ranks 2worst.

Dania Beach has 31,700 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 19.31677216196444%.

Ah, North Miami. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Miami.

It’s the place with the 13th most out of work residents in the Miami metro area (6.09%).

Lauderhill is a city about 26.7 miles from Miami, but Miami 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. Lauderhill has the 16th most uninsured people, 7th worst incomes, and has the 5th highest unemployment rate (8.58%) in the entire Miami metro area.

Homes only cost $233,276 for a reason. That’s cheap for Miami standards.

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

About 9.3% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Miami suburbs to call home is West Park.

Located 14.2 miles outside the city, West Parks is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 6th highest unemployment rate (8.57%), and poverty is far above the area average.