The 10 Worst Nashville Suburbs For 2022

The 10 Worst Nashville Suburbs To Live For 2022

We'll get the ball rolling with White Bluff, the absolute worst place to live around Nashville according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, White Bluff beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the worst in the Nashville 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 White Bluff.

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

This city is 22.8 miles to Nashville. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $48,420 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 Nashville suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Ashland 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 Nashville suburbs.

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

If you live in La Vergne, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 10th lowest Nashville suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 10th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Nashville. Remember, we looked at 26 cities for this study.

La Vergne is about 15.7 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Smyrna has the 6th lowest home values in the metro Nashville area, where the median price is $211,700. To put that into perspective, in Belle Meade, the median income is $250,001, which is the best in the area.

Smyrna has an unemployment rate of 5.64% which ranks 2nd worst.

Lebanon has 34,759 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 14.689418562658%.

Ah, Goodlettsville. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Nashville.

It's the place with the 4th most out of work residents in the Nashville metro area (5.04%).

Millersville is a city about 15.7 miles from Nashville, but Nashville 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. Millersville has the 5th most uninsured people, 8th worst incomes, and has the 16th highest unemployment rate (2.78%) in the entire Nashville metro area.

Homes only cost $199,100 for a reason. That's cheap for Nashville standards.

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

About 3.01% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Nashville suburbs to call home is Pleasant View.

Located 21.4 miles outside the city, Pleasant Views is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 12th highest unemployment rate (3.31%), and poverty is far above the area average.