The 10 Worst Richmond Suburbs

The 10 Worst Richmond Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Brookshire beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 2nd worst in the Richmond 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 Brookshire.

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

This city is 27.7 miles to Richmond. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $37,722 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 Richmond suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Arcola 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 Richmond suburbs.

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

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

Not only that, but this is the 7th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Richmond. Remember, we looked at 20 cities for this study.

Sealy is about 27.3 miles to downtown.

East Bernard has the distinction of being a Richmond suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, East Bernard has the 7th lowest home values in the metro Richmond area, where the median price is $281,357. The median income is $250,001.

East Bernard has an unemployment rate of 9.52% which ranks worst.

Houston has 2,296,253 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 19.595259284947158%.

Ah, Pleak. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Richmond.

It’s the place with the 14th most out of work residents in the Richmond metro area (3.49%).

Rosenberg is a city about 4.3 miles from Richmond, but Richmond 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. Rosenberg has the 9th most uninsured people, 5th worst incomes, and has the 15th highest unemployment rate (3.4%) in the entire Richmond metro area.

Homes only cost $275,908 for a reason. That’s cheap for Richmond standards.

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

About 1.3% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Richmond suburbs to call home is Stafford.

Located 12.1 miles outside the city, Staffords is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 12th highest unemployment rate (3.9%), and poverty is far above the area average.