The 10 Worst Providence Suburbs

The 10 Worst Providence Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Central Falls, the absolute worst place to live around Providence according to the data.

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

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

This city is 18.0 miles to Providence. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $52,734 a year, which only goes so far 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 Providence suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Danielson 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 dropout rate is poor compared to other Providence suburbs.

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

If you live in Woonsocket, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 3rd lowest Providence suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 3rd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Providence. Remember, we looked at 13 cities for this study.

Woonsocket is about 13.0 miles to downtown.

New Bedford has the distinction of being a Providence suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, New Bedford has the 6th lowest home values in the metro Providence area, where the median price is $380,670. The median income is $91,378.

New Bedford has an unemployment rate of 7.21% which ranks 7th worst.

Pawtucket has 75,176 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 13.702913429150396%.

Ah, Brockton. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Providence.

It’s the place with the 6th most out of work residents in the Providence metro area (8.16%).

Newport is a city about 24.4 miles from Providence, but Providence 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. Newport has the 5th most uninsured people, 11th worst incomes, and has the 2nd highest unemployment rate (10.05%) in the entire Providence metro area.

Homes only cost $827,429 for a reason. That’s cheap for Providence standards.

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

About 5.59% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Providence suburbs to call home is Taunton.

Located 17.5 miles outside the city, Tauntons is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 11th highest unemployment rate (5.55%), and poverty is far above the area average.