The 10 Worst Charlotte Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Charlotte Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

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

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

This city is 28.8 miles to Charlotte. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $36,843 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 Charlotte suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Kings Mountain 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 Charlotte suburbs.

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

If you live in Lincolnton, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 2nd lowest Charlotte suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 3rd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Charlotte. Remember, we looked at 42 cities for this study.

Lincolnton is about 29.4 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Lowell has the lowest home values in the metro Charlotte area, where the median price is $123,800. To put that into perspective, in Tega Cay, the median income is $221,350, which is the best in the area.

Lowell has an unemployment rate of 6.55% which ranks 9th worst.

Clover has 6,566 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 17.6760671906303%.

Ah, Monroe. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Charlotte.

It’s the place with the 8th most out of work residents in the Charlotte metro area (6.61%).

Gastonia is a city about 20.2 miles from Charlotte, but Charlotte 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. Gastonia has the 10th most uninsured people, 7th worst incomes, and has the 13th highest unemployment rate (5.64%) in the entire Charlotte metro area.

Homes only cost $178,800 for a reason. That’s cheap for Charlotte standards.

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

About 5.98% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Charlotte suburbs to call home is Kannapolis.

Located 21.4 miles outside the city, Kannapoliss is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 6th highest unemployment rate (7.74%), and poverty is far above the area average.