The 10 Worst Columbus Suburbs For 2021

The 10 Worst Columbus Suburbs To Live For 2021

We'll get the ball rolling with Buckeye Lake, the absolute worst place to live around Columbus according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Buckeye Lake beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 7th worst in the Columbus 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 Buckeye Lake.

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

This city is 26.4 miles to Columbus. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $41,154 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 Columbus suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Whitehall 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 Columbus suburbs.

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

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

Not only that, but this is the worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Columbus. Remember, we looked at 35 cities for this study.

Johnstown is about 19.4 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Obetz has the 6th lowest home values in the metro Columbus area, where the median price is $124,400. To put that into perspective, in Powell, the median income is $203,409, which is the best in the area.

Obetz has an unemployment rate of 6.54% which ranks 5th worst.

South Bloomfield has 2,075 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 9.805825242718447%.

Ah, Baltimore. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Columbus.

It's the place with the 2nd most out of work residents in the Columbus metro area (9.92%).

Circleville is a city about 26.6 miles from Columbus, but Columbus 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. Circleville has the 18th most uninsured people, 5th worst incomes, and has the 7th highest unemployment rate (6.16%) in the entire Columbus metro area.

Homes only cost $124,800 for a reason. That's cheap for Columbus standards.

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

About 3.3% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Columbus suburbs to call home is Lancaster.

Located 26.9 miles outside the city, Lancasters is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 8th highest unemployment rate (5.77%), and poverty is far above the area average.