The 10 Worst Pittsburgh Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Pittsburgh Suburbs To Live For 2023

We’ll get the ball rolling with Brownsville, the absolute worst place to live around Pittsburgh according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Brownsville beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 2nd worst in the Pittsburgh area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 5th 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 Brownsville.

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

This city is 4.2 miles to Pittsburgh. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $26,992 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 Pittsburgh suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see McKees Rocks 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 Pittsburgh suburbs.

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

If you live in Beaver Falls, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 7th lowest Pittsburgh suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 7th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Pittsburgh. Remember, we looked at 94 cities for this study.

Beaver Falls is about 28.6 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, McKeesport has the 6th lowest home values in the metro Pittsburgh area, where the median price is $52,400. To put that into perspective, in Aspinwall, the median income is $247,930, which is the best in the area.

McKeesport has an unemployment rate of 8.22% which ranks 28th worst.

North Braddock has 4,372 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 26.41811527904849%.

Ah, Clairton. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Pittsburgh.

It’s the place with the 14th most out of work residents in the Pittsburgh metro area (9.75%).

Liberty is a city about 10.1 miles from Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh 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. Liberty has the most uninsured people, 25th worst incomes, and has the 17th highest unemployment rate (9.21%) in the entire Pittsburgh metro area.

Homes only cost $116,300 for a reason. That’s cheap for Pittsburgh standards.

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

About 9.1% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Pittsburgh suburbs to call home is Mount Oliver.

Located 2.0 miles outside the city, Mount Olivers is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 24th highest unemployment rate (8.52%), and poverty is far above the area average.