The 10 Worst Buffalo Suburbs For 2022

The 10 Worst Buffalo Suburbs To Live For 2022

We'll get the ball rolling with Youngstown, the absolute worst place to live around Buffalo according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Youngstown beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the worst in the Buffalo area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 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 Youngstown.

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

This city is 15.9 miles to Buffalo. Income levels here are the 3rd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $41,137 a year, which doesn't go a long ways 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 Buffalo suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Lackawanna 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 drop out rate is poor compared to other Buffalo suburbs.

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

If you live in Lockport, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 4th lowest Buffalo suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 7th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Buffalo. Remember, we looked at 21 cities for this study.

Lockport is about 20.8 miles to downtown.

Blasdell has the distinction of being a Buffalo suburb. Which means that's about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Blasdell has the 8th lowest home values in the metro Buffalo area, where the median price is $115,900. To put that into perspective, in Hamburg, the median income is $91,588, which is the best in the area.

Blasdell has an unemployment rate of 11.16% which ranks 2nd worst.

Sloan has 3,547 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 14.552661381653454%.

Ah, Akron. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Buffalo.

It's the place with the 3rd most out of work residents in the Buffalo metro area (7.52%).

Springville is a city about 28.2 miles from Buffalo, but Buffalo 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. Springville has the 11th most uninsured people, 6th worst incomes, and has the 14th highest unemployment rate (3.87%) in the entire Buffalo metro area.

Homes only cost $142,800 for a reason. That's cheap for Buffalo standards.

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

About 2.75% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Buffalo suburbs to call home is North Tonawanda.

Located 10.8 miles outside the city, North Tonawandas is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 4th highest unemployment rate (7.0%), and poverty is far above the area average.