The 10 Worst Orlando Suburbs

The 10 Worst Orlando Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

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

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

This city is 25.8 miles to Orlando. Income levels here are the 7th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $64,428 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 Orlando suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Kissimmee 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 Orlando suburbs.

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

If you live in Midway, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 4th lowest Orlando suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 11th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Orlando. Remember, we looked at 23 cities for this study.

Midway is about 26.5 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Sanford has the 4th lowest home values in the metro Orlando area, where the median price is $344,862. The median income is $143,988.

Sanford has an unemployment rate of 5.24% which ranks 8th worst.

Ocoee has 47,290 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 10.828500767525158%.

Ah, Altamonte Springs. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Orlando.

It’s the place with the 7th most out of work residents in the Orlando metro area (5.41%).

St. Cloud is a city about 12.8 miles from Orlando, but Orlando 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. St. Cloud has the 12th most uninsured people, 8th worst incomes, and has the 4th highest unemployment rate (6.44%) in the entire Orlando metro area.

Homes only cost $406,123 for a reason. That’s cheap for Orlando standards.

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

About 3.89% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Orlando suburbs to call home is Apopka.

Located 24.3 miles outside the city, Apopkas is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 17th highest unemployment rate (3.45%), and poverty is far above the area average.