Worst Minneapolis Suburbs For 2020

The 10 Worst Minneapolis Suburbs To Live For 2020

We'll get the ball rolling with Brooklyn Center, the absolute worst place to live around Minneapolis according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Brooklyn Center beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 7th worst in the Minneapolis area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 1st 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 Brooklyn Center.

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

This city is 6.0 miles to Minneapolis. Income levels here are the 6th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $54,393 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 Minneapolis suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Jordan 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 Minneapolis suburbs.

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

If you live in Fridley, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 14th lowest Minneapolis suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 11th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Minneapolis. Remember, we looked at 110 cities for this study.

Fridley is about 8.4 miles to downtown.

St. Paul has the distinction of being a Minneapolis suburb. Which means that's about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, St. Paul has the 21st lowest home values in the metro Minneapolis area, where the median price is $196,500. To put that into perspective, in North Oaks, the median income is $161,392, which is the best in the area.

St. Paul has an unemployment rate of 5.65% which ranks 6th worst.

Anoka has 17,419 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 11.152106641275887%.

Ah, West St. Paul. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Minneapolis.

It's the place with the 1st most out of work residents in the Minneapolis metro area (6.83%).

Maplewood is a city about 12.2 miles from Minneapolis, but Minneapolis 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. Maplewood has the 16th most uninsured people, 24th worst incomes, and has the 17th highest unemployment rate (4.56%) in the entire Minneapolis metro area.

Homes only cost $211,700 for a reason. That's cheap for Minneapolis standards.

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

About 3.96% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Minneapolis suburbs to call home is Mounds View.

Located 10.3 miles outside the city, Mounds Views is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 9th highest unemployment rate (5.21%), and poverty is far above the area average.