The 10 Worst Tampa Suburbs

The 10 Worst Tampa Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Zephyrhills beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Tampa area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 2nd 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 Zephyrhills.

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 New Port Richey. Home to KMart, Big Lots, and a lot of gas stations.

This city is 24.0 miles to Tampa. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $42,254 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 Tampa suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Port Richey 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 Tampa suburbs.

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

If you live in Pinellas Park, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 10th lowest Tampa suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 8th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Tampa. Remember, we looked at 24 cities for this study.

Pinellas Park is about 15.9 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Clearwater has the 9th lowest home values in the metro Tampa area, where the median price is $370,771. The median income is $114,556.

Clearwater has an unemployment rate of 4.67% which ranks 13th worst.

Mulberry has 3,962 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 14.462392730943966%.

Ah, Oldsmar. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Tampa.

It’s the place with the 7th most out of work residents in the Tampa metro area (5.33%).

Temple Terrace is a city about 8.1 miles from Tampa, but Tampa 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. Temple Terrace has the 4th most uninsured people, 11th worst incomes, and has the 19th highest unemployment rate (3.45%) in the entire Tampa metro area.

Homes only cost $327,406 for a reason. That’s cheap for Tampa standards.

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

About 5.03% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Tampa suburbs to call home is Tarpon Springs.

Located 22.0 miles outside the city, Tarpon Springss is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 5th highest unemployment rate (5.54%), and poverty is far above the area average.