The 10 Worst Cleveland Suburbs For 2022

The 10 Worst Cleveland Suburbs To Live For 2022

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Lorain beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 6th worst in the Cleveland area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 7th 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 Lorain.

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

This city is 28.7 miles to Cleveland. Income levels here are the 4th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $40,281 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 Cleveland suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see East Cleveland 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 Cleveland suburbs.

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

If you live in Garfield Heights, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 9th lowest Cleveland suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 4th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Cleveland. Remember, we looked at 84 cities for this study.

Garfield Heights is about 5.6 miles to downtown.

Warrensville Heights has the distinction of being a Cleveland suburb. Which means that's about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Warrensville Heights has the 6th lowest home values in the metro Cleveland area, where the median price is $87,600. To put that into perspective, in Oakwood, the median income is $182,743, which is the best in the area.

Warrensville Heights has an unemployment rate of 9.18% which ranks 5th worst.

Elyria has 53,844 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 20.832549919151656%.

Ah, Euclid. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Cleveland.

It's the place with the 11th most out of work residents in the Cleveland metro area (7.39%).

Painesville is a city about 27.5 miles from Cleveland, but Cleveland 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. Painesville has the most uninsured people, 12th worst incomes, and has the 32nd highest unemployment rate (5.46%) in the entire Cleveland metro area.

Homes only cost $112,300 for a reason. That's cheap for Cleveland standards.

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

About 6.16% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Cleveland suburbs to call home is Maple Heights.

Located 7.7 miles outside the city, Maple Heightss is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 14th highest unemployment rate (6.97%), and poverty is far above the area average.