The 10 Worst Dallas Suburbs

The 10 Worst Dallas Suburbs To Live For 2025

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Wilmer beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Dallas 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 Wilmer.

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

This city is 16.1 miles to Dallas. Income levels here are the 8th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $68,020 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 Dallas suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Hutchins 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 Dallas suburbs.

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

If you live in Lancaster, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 6th lowest Dallas suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 12th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Dallas. Remember, we looked at 79 cities for this study.

Lancaster is about 13.9 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Terrell has the 12th lowest home values in the metro Dallas area, where the median price is $278,060. The median income is $250,001.

Terrell has an unemployment rate of 4.25% which ranks 34th worst.

Balch Springs has 27,181 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 6.968409384814336%.

Ah, Cockrell Hill. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Dallas.

It’s the place with the most out of work residents in the Dallas metro area (10.33%).

Combine is a city about 20.2 miles from Dallas, but Dallas 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. Combine has the 18th most uninsured people, 3worst incomes, and has the 2nd highest unemployment rate (8.68%) in the entire Dallas metro area.

Homes only cost $410,840 for a reason. That’s cheap for Dallas standards.

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

About 8.07% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Dallas suburbs to call home is Mesquite.

Located 10.5 miles outside the city, Mesquites is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 28th highest unemployment rate (4.77%), and poverty is far above the area average.