The 10 Worst Detroit Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Detroit Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

This city is 20.7 miles to Detroit. Income levels here are the 5th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $36,214 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 Highland Park 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 7th lowest Detroit suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 5th 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.

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

All snarkiness aside, Melvindale has the 7th lowest home values in the metro Detroit area, where the median price is $82,500. To put that into perspective, in Grosse Pointe, the median income is $188,828, which is the best in the area.

Melvindale has an unemployment rate of 12.48% which ranks 4th worst.

Inkster has 25,849 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 37.75494317297213%.

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

It’s the place with the 3rd most out of work residents in the Detroit metro area (13.33%).

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 11th most uninsured people, 10th worst incomes, and has the 7th highest unemployment rate (11.17%) in the entire Detroit metro area.

Homes only cost $108,900 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 5.24% of residents are out of work.

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

Located 17.4 miles outside the city, Romuluss is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 10th highest unemployment rate (9.37%), and poverty is far above the area average.