The 10 Worst Detroit Suburbs For 2022

The 10 Worst Detroit Suburbs To Live For 2022

We'll get the ball rolling with River Rouge, the absolute worst place to live around Detroit according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, River Rouge beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 2nd worst in the Detroit 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 River Rouge.

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

This city is 1.5 miles to Detroit. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $20,666 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 Detroit suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Pontiac 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 Detroit suburbs.

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

If you live in Ecorse, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 5th lowest Detroit suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 7th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Detroit. Remember, we looked at 75 cities for this study.

Ecorse is about 9.4 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Inkster has the 4th lowest home values in the metro Detroit area, where the median price is $51,500. To put that into perspective, in Huntington Woods, the median income is $177,614, which is the best in the area.

Inkster has an unemployment rate of 9.76% which ranks 9th worst.

Melvindale has 10,300 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 28.053286658887597%.

Ah, Hamtramck. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Detroit.

It's the place with the 4th most out of work residents in the Detroit metro area (10.61%).

Wayne is a city about 16.3 miles from Detroit, but Detroit 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. Wayne has the 7th most uninsured people, 14th worst incomes, and has the 6th highest unemployment rate (10.12%) in the entire Detroit metro area.

Homes only cost $98,900 for a reason. That's cheap for Detroit standards.

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

About 9.91% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Detroit suburbs to call home is Mount Clemens.

Located 18.6 miles outside the city, Mount Clemenss is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 17th highest unemployment rate (7.88%), and poverty is far above the area average.