The 10 Worst Los Angeles Suburbs For 2022

The 10 Worst Los Angeles Suburbs To Live For 2022

We'll get the ball rolling with Huntington Park, the absolute worst place to live around Los Angeles according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Huntington Park beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Los Angeles area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 9th 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 Huntington Park.

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

This city is 13.6 miles to Los Angeles. Income levels here are the 15th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $58,703 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 Los Angeles suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Cudahy 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 Los Angeles suburbs.

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

If you live in Lynwood, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 11th lowest Los Angeles suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 2nd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Los Angeles. Remember, we looked at 79 cities for this study.

Lynwood is about 13.7 miles to downtown.

Bell Gardens has the distinction of being a Los Angeles suburb. Which means that's about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Bell Gardens has the 5th lowest home values in the metro Los Angeles area, where the median price is $402,600. To put that into perspective, in Hermosa Beach, the median income is $250,001, which is the best in the area.

Bell Gardens has an unemployment rate of 6.47% which ranks 26th worst.

Bell has 35,301 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 22.962161546564932%.

Ah, Commerce. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Los Angeles.

It's the place with the 38th most out of work residents in the Los Angeles metro area (5.56%).

Maywood is a city about 13.0 miles from Los Angeles, but Los Angeles 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. Maywood has the 5th most uninsured people, 5th worst incomes, and has the 19th highest unemployment rate (6.81%) in the entire Los Angeles metro area.

Homes only cost $427,300 for a reason. That's cheap for Los Angeles standards.

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

About 8.83% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Los Angeles suburbs to call home is South El Monte.

Located 20.8 miles outside the city, South El Montes is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 36th highest unemployment rate (5.7%), and poverty is far above the area average.