The 10 Worst Denver Suburbs

The 10 Worst Denver Suburbs To Live For 2025

We’ll get the ball rolling with Fort Lupton, the absolute worst place to live around Denver according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Fort Lupton beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 4th worst in the Denver area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 4th 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 Fort Lupton.

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

This city is 10.7 miles to Denver. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $58,571 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 Denver suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Federal Heights 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 Denver suburbs.

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

If you live in Aurora, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 9th lowest Denver suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 5th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Denver. Remember, we looked at 35 cities for this study.

Aurora is about 11.4 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Commerce has the 2nd lowest home values in the metro Denver area, where the median price is $233,900. The median income is $250,001.

Commerce has an unemployment rate of 0.31% which ranks 35th worst.

Bennett has 3,472 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 4.978165938864628%.

Ah, Brighton. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Denver.

It’s the place with the 13th most out of work residents in the Denver metro area (4.37%).

Northglenn is a city about 11.5 miles from Denver, but Denver 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. Northglenn has the 12th most uninsured people, 7th worst incomes, and has the 9th highest unemployment rate (4.54%) in the entire Denver metro area.

Homes only cost $440,900 for a reason. That’s cheap for Denver standards.

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

About 6.15% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Denver suburbs to call home is Thornton.

Located 11.4 miles outside the city, Thorntons is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 8th highest unemployment rate (4.6%), and poverty is far above the area average.