The 10 Worst Cincinnati Suburbs

The 10 Worst Cincinnati Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with New Miami, the absolute worst place to live around Cincinnati according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, New Miami beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 10th worst in the Cincinnati 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 New Miami.

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

This city is 26.2 miles to Cincinnati. Income levels here are the 14th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $50,457 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 Cincinnati suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Elmwood Place 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 Cincinnati suburbs.

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

If you live in Lockland, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 8th lowest Cincinnati suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 9th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Cincinnati. Remember, we looked at 77 cities for this study.

Lockland is about 6.6 miles to downtown.

Lincoln Heights has the distinction of being a Cincinnati suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Lincoln Heights has the 2nd lowest home values in the metro Cincinnati area, where the median price is $99,722. The median income is $198,000.

Lincoln Heights has an unemployment rate of 26.52% which ranks worst.

Bethel has 2,638 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 21.956856702619415%.

Ah, Covington. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Cincinnati.

It’s the place with the 18th most out of work residents in the Cincinnati metro area (6.07%).

Aurora is a city about 21.9 miles from Cincinnati, but Cincinnati 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. Aurora has the 22nd most uninsured people, 7th worst incomes, and has the 37th highest unemployment rate (4.12%) in the entire Cincinnati metro area.

Homes only cost $237,422 for a reason. That’s cheap for Cincinnati standards.

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

About 16.11% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Cincinnati suburbs to call home is North College Hill.

Located 5.9 miles outside the city, North College Hills is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 7th highest unemployment rate (8.8%), and poverty is far above the area average.