These Are The 10 Worst Baltimore Neighborhoods For 2018

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Baltimore’s neighborhoods conjure up too many stereotypes to count. You’ve got hipster areas, preppy places, neighborhoods where college kids thrive, and of course, ghettos.

It seems as if there’s a neighborhood for everyone in Baltimore.

And while the city consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in the country thanks in part to a strong economy and tons of entertainment, it’s not all rainbows and sunshine in Baltimore. Some neighborhoods aren’t as great as others.

So the question arises, which Baltimore neighborhoods are the worst, and which are the best?

Today, we’ll use science and data to determine which Baltimore hoods need a little tender loving care – the sore thumbs of the Baltimore area if you will. Realistically, you can’t expect all the neighborhoods to be amazing, although Riverside ranks way above the rest.

We examined 54 of Baltimore’s neighborhoods to find out the worst places to live. These places don’t quite measure up to Baltimore’s reputation.

Here are the 10 worst neighborhoods in Baltimore according to data:

Read on to see how we determined the places around Baltimore that need a pick-me-up. And remember, don’t blame the messenger.

Once you’re done, you can look at the bottom of the story for a complete chart of every neighborhood we looked at from worst to best.

Looking for places to avoid outside of the city? You can also check out the worst suburbs of Baltimore.

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How we determined the worst Baltimore hoods

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To figure out how bad a place is to live in, we only needed to know what kinds of things people like and then decide what places have the least amount of those things. We threw the following criteria into this analysis in order to get the best, most complete results possible. We used this set of criteria for each neighborhood in Baltimore:

High unemployment (Less jobs)
Low median income (Less pay)
Low population density (No things to do)
Low home values (No one’s willing to pay to live here)
High crime (Estimated)

Then, we ranked each neighborhood in Baltimore for each of these criteria from worst to best.

Next, we averaged the individual rankings for each criteria into a ‘Worst Score’.

The neighborhood with the lowest ‘Worst Score’ ranks as the worst neighborhood of Baltimore.

Read on below to learn more about these terrible places around Baltimore to live. Or skip to the end to see the list of all 54 neighborhoods ranked from worst to best.

This list is a scientific analysis based on real data and is completely unbiased. Hold on to your pants.

1. Fairfield Area

Population: 472
Median Income: $26,275
Median Home Value: $28,267

2. Monument Street Area

Population: 2,933
Median Income: $25,578
Median Home Value: $39,850

3. Orangeville

Population: 2,420
Median Income: $33,515
Median Home Value: $59,540

4. Dundalk Cityside

Population: 2,914
Median Income: $29,122
Median Home Value: $68,460

5. Greenmount East

Population: 10,165
Median Income: $26,619
Median Home Value: $71,175

6. Cherry Hill

Population: 8,182
Median Income: $30,867
Median Home Value: $79,338

7. Pulaski

Population: 480
Median Income: $35,684
Median Home Value: $45,333

8. Madison-Eastend

Population: 4,496
Median Income: $25,287
Median Home Value: $73,800

9. West Baltimore

Population: 52,690
Median Income: $28,841
Median Home Value: $87,692

10. Berea Area

Population: 5,187
Median Income: $32,938
Median Home Value: $76,280

The ‘hoods around Baltimore that are really hoods

Well there you have it — the worst of the neighborhoods in Baltimore with Fairfield Area landing at the bottom of the pack.

As we mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Baltimore aren’t all bad. Riverside takes the cake as the best place to live in Baltimore.

We ranked the neighborhoods from worst to best in the chart below.

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Detailed List Of The Worst Baltimore Neighborhoods

Rank	Neighborhood	Population	Median Income	Median Home Values
1	Fairfield Area	472	$26,275	$28,267
2	Monument Street Area	2,933	$25,578	$39,850
3	Orangeville	2,420	$33,515	$59,540
4	Dundalk Cityside	2,914	$29,122	$68,460
5	Greenmount East	10,165	$26,619	$71,175
6	Cherry Hill	8,182	$30,867	$79,338
7	Pulaski	480	$35,684	$45,333
8	Madison-Eastend	4,496	$25,287	$73,800
9	West Baltimore	52,690	$28,841	$87,692
10	Berea Area	5,187	$32,938	$76,280
11	Greater Rosemont	17,517	$32,253	$79,043
12	Beechfielf-Irvington Area	13,668	$34,450	$92,638
13	Brooklyn-Curtis Bay	13,862	$42,041	$84,200
14	Hopkins-Middle East	7,950	$26,798	$113,662
15	Mondawin-Walbrook Area	11,096	$38,964	$107,100
16	Lakeland	6,786	$46,446	$104,078
17	Midway-Coldstream	10,478	$37,319	$107,676
18	Grove Park	1,851	$35,615	$146,000
19	Old Town Area	7,908	$18,022	$18,483
20	Park Heights	35,512	$32,747	$120,226
21	Morrell Park	6,353	$41,709	$117,660
22	Pimlico	6,298	$38,253	$117,613
23	Bayview Area	7,460	$36,277	$109,725
24	Hunting Ridge	12,138	$45,235	$136,153
25	Belaire-Edison	20,906	$42,953	$111,033
26	Glen-Fallstaff Area	15,699	$44,836	$133,125
27	Downtown	3,927	$32,527	$132,600
28	Govans	13,747	$41,198	$128,129
29	Charles Village	23,494	$32,547	$145,367
30	Winsor Hills	2,677	$33,257	$185,725
31	Cedonia	19,322	$43,163	$133,211
32	Hampden-Woodberry-Remington	6,806	$48,760	$156,400
33	Forest Park	6,507	$42,959	$174,008
34	Howard Park	6,857	$51,383	$173,800
35	Franklintown	1,495	$39,798	$190,900
36	Jonestown	3,122	$37,473	$195,643
37	Highlandtown	12,166	$48,946	$148,626
38	Wakefield	2,135	$41,302	$217,633
39	Upper Northwood	20,413	$51,105	$142,976
40	Lower Northwood	14,108	$59,153	$155,508
41	Westgate	13,224	$51,616	$167,275
42	Patterson Park East	11,429	$48,639	$163,517
43	Inner Harbor	2,575	$51,149	$223,933
44	Hamilton Area	45,011	$61,240	$165,450
45	Reservoir Hill-Bolton Hill Area	21,947	$35,742	$231,337
46	Greater Mount Washington	5,353	$70,684	$235,875
47	Locust Point	1,681	$100,948	$220,125
48	Canton	11,398	$85,646	$249,175
49	Cheswolde Area	11,895	$54,016	$233,790
50	Federal Hill	6,289	$83,734	$290,718
51	Roland Parl-Homewood-Guilford	16,183	$81,083	$309,257
52	Chinquapin Park-Belvedere	24,317	$89,602	$306,496
53	Fells Point	11,341	$68,504	$277,700
54	Riverside	8,935	$99,540	$251,715

8 thoughts on “These Are The 10 Worst Baltimore Neighborhoods For 2018”

Shels says:

March 9, 2016 at 12:01 pm

The validity of this article is in question. West Baltimore is not a neighborhood. Park heights is not on the list but grove park is #9. This was written by someone who clearly has know real knowledge of our wonderful city.

1. Michael says:
  
  June 7, 2017 at 10:12 pm
  
  And Shel demonstrated her knowledge through her excellent utilization of the English grammar to comment upon this article. Perhaps hooked on phonics will provide you with a refund.
  
2. Robby says:
  
  October 15, 2017 at 10:08 am
  
  Hahaha wonderful city? Baltimore is a cesspit of a city that needs to be cleansed of any and all trash.
  
Nicole says:

March 9, 2016 at 4:22 pm

Shels, I just thought the same thing. “West Baltimore”??? The whole west side is bad lol I had hoped a map was attached to bring some insight but there isn’t one. Maybe park heights isn’t included because the author included that in the “West Baltimore” category 🙂

Timmay says:

January 9, 2018 at 7:21 pm

Yes, a single map of these neighborhoods overlayed on Bmore map would be awesome

Karl Crosby says:

March 29, 2018 at 1:39 pm

Yes Baltimore is one of the worst cities to live in for 2018 and the city know it.
The average black in the predominantly town want very little out of life. The only thing that interests them is guns, drugs, jeans, guns and killing each other. So many don’t have any education, job skills, jobs, job references, etc. A lot of them don’t even know their names if you were to show it to them on a billboard in block letters. And they could care less about betterment. But they are always ready to do someone else down under who are doing better. It is truly a sickening city to live and try to survive in.

ryan says:

May 25, 2018 at 2:09 pm

Fairfield is an industrial zone? Ya don’t think anyone lives there…

Constance says:

August 1, 2018 at 1:02 pm

It’s funny how we the people always try to down talk one another, instead of being our brother or sisters keeper, yes these senseless crimes are becoming outrageous , west baltimore is ran down , our government officials feed us a little to say what they have done to assist the people instead schools are constantly being shut down , new development are being build for others out side the community , the community is being genocide , the rich is getting richer and the poor is becoming poorer, they put people in the welfare to work program and you still living below proverty , it’s a mental thing some people feel that they can’t do better and other are fighting to live a productive life, we have these white collar cops who have taken an oath to protect us instead they are killing us in getting away because they were trained to say we assaulted them first , wake up people this a alone give them the freedom to kill, we put our mouth on people and don’t even no their story being bias will evently kill you. Not justifying the wrong that people do , but our government that sits on the shoulders of Jesus Christ is wicked they are part of the problem a major part, whats wrong with the people is that their mines are in bondage, they are captives, we need to get back to Eden.