The 10 Worst Minneapolis Suburbs For 2022

The 10 Worst Minneapolis Suburbs To Live For 2022

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Lexington beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 13th worst in the Minneapolis area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 6th 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 Lexington.

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

This city is 7.7 miles to Minneapolis. Income levels here are the 12th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $64,023 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 Newport 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 15th lowest Minneapolis suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 12th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Minneapolis. Remember, we looked at 113 cities for this study.

Fridley is about 8.4 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Columbia Heights has the 3rd lowest home values in the metro Minneapolis area, where the median price is $193,700. To put that into perspective, in North Oaks, the median income is $210,370, which is the best in the area.

Columbia Heights has an unemployment rate of 5.47% which ranks 8th worst.

St. Paul has 305,877 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 17.94761729098897%.

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

It's the place with the 10th most out of work residents in the Minneapolis metro area (5.4%).

South St. Paul is a city about 12.3 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. South St. Paul has the 22nd most uninsured people, 11th worst incomes, and has the 18th highest unemployment rate (4.8%) in the entire Minneapolis metro area.

Homes only cost $207,200 for a reason. That's cheap for Minneapolis standards.

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

About 4.02% of residents are out of work.

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

Located 18.6 miles outside the city, Anokas is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 17th highest unemployment rate (4.83%), and poverty is far above the area average.