The 10 Worst Orlando Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Orlando Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

This city is 10.6 miles to Orlando. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $41,746 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 Sanford 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 St. Cloud, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 8th lowest Orlando 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 Orlando. Remember, we looked at 23 cities for this study.

St. Cloud is about 12.8 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Midway has the 2nd lowest home values in the metro Orlando area, where the median price is $164,900. The median income is $131,392.

Midway has an unemployment rate of 5.17% which ranks 11th worst.

Davenport has 9,049 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 9.761798753339267%.

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

It’s the place with the 3rd most out of work residents in the Orlando metro area (6.08%).

Apopka is a city about 24.3 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. Apopka has the 9th most uninsured people, 12th worst incomes, and has the 14th highest unemployment rate (4.4%) in the entire Orlando metro area.

Homes only cost $267,800 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 3.8% of residents are out of work.

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

Located 20.0 miles outside the city, Longwoods is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 6th highest unemployment rate (5.77%), and poverty is far above the area average.