The 10 Worst Anaheim Suburbs

The 10 Worst Anaheim Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Huntington Park, the absolute worst place to live around Anaheim according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Huntington Park beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Anaheim area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 15th 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 Huntington Park.

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

This city is 28.5 miles to Anaheim. Income levels here are the 11th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $66,725 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 Anaheim suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Cudahy 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 Anaheim suburbs.

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

If you live in Compton, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 16th lowest Anaheim suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 9th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Anaheim. Remember, we looked at 103 cities for this study.

Compton is about 26.9 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Rialto has the 6th lowest home values in the metro Anaheim area, where the median price is $539,398. The median income is $189,306.

Rialto has an unemployment rate of 9.27% which ranks 3rd worst.

Lynwood has 66,346 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 16.105788017568816%.

Ah, South El Monte. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Anaheim.

It’s the place with the 25th most out of work residents in the Anaheim metro area (6.74%).

Bell is a city about 25.5 miles from Anaheim, but Anaheim 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. Bell has the 7th most uninsured people, 4th worst incomes, and has the 28th highest unemployment rate (6.53%) in the entire Anaheim metro area.

Homes only cost $634,376 for a reason. That’s cheap for Anaheim standards.

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

About 5.75% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Anaheim suburbs to call home is South Gate.

Located 25.5 miles outside the city, South Gates is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 10th highest unemployment rate (7.89%), and poverty is far above the area average.