The 10 Worst Aurora Suburbs

The 10 Worst Aurora Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Fort Lupton, the absolute worst place to live around Aurora according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Fort Lupton beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 5th worst in the Aurora area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 6th 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 Fort Lupton.

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

This city is 17.6 miles to Aurora. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $53,707 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 Aurora suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Federal Heights 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 Aurora suburbs.

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

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

Not only that, but this is the 28th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Aurora. Remember, we looked at 28 cities for this study.

Commerce is about 14.6 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Hudson has the 22nd lowest home values in the metro Aurora area, where the median price is $672,979. The median income is $189,280.

Hudson has an unemployment rate of 2.88% which ranks 23rd worst.

Brighton has 40,569 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 9.140181684012317%.

Ah, Bennett. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Aurora.

It’s the place with the 26th most out of work residents in the Aurora metro area (2.29%).

Denver is a city about 11.4 miles from Aurora, but Aurora 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. Denver has the 10th most uninsured people, 14th worst incomes, and has the 5th highest unemployment rate (4.65%) in the entire Aurora metro area.

Homes only cost $558,402 for a reason. That’s cheap for Aurora standards.

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

About 4.14% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Aurora suburbs to call home is Lochbuie.

Located 22.3 miles outside the city, Lochbuies is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 25th highest unemployment rate (2.3%), and poverty is far above the area average.