The 10 Worst Kansas City, MO Suburbs

The 10 Worst Kansas City Suburbs To Live For 2025

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Escobares beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 78th worst in the Kansas City area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 40th 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 Escobares.

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

This city is 10 miles to Kansas City. Income levels here are the 42lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $39,124 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 Kansas City suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Colquitt 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 Kansas City suburbs.

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

If you live in Atmore, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 159th lowest Kansas City suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 430th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Kansas City. Remember, we looked at 7551 cities for this study.

Atmore is about 10 miles to downtown.

Bridgeport has the distinction of being a Kansas City suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Bridgeport has the 618th lowest home values in the metro Kansas City area, where the median price is $133,253. The median income is $250,001.

Bridgeport has an unemployment rate of 8.92% which ranks 780th worst.

Estill has 2,287 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 27.62253779202932%.

Ah, Union Springs. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Kansas City.

It’s the place with the 1015th most out of work residents in the Kansas City metro area (8.25%).

Sardis is a city about 10 miles from Kansas City, but Kansas City 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. Sardis has the 23most uninsured people, 127th worst incomes, and has the 133rd highest unemployment rate (14.17%) in the entire Kansas City metro area.

Homes only cost $153,594 for a reason. That’s cheap for Kansas City standards.

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

About 15.57% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Kansas City suburbs to call home is San Augustine.

Located 10 miles outside the city, San Augustines is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 377th highest unemployment rate (11.05%), and poverty is far above the area average.