The 10 Worst Birmingham Suburbs

The 10 Worst Birmingham Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

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

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

This city is 14.7 miles to Birmingham. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $34,953 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 Birmingham suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Tarrant 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 Birmingham suburbs.

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

If you live in Dora, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 10th lowest Birmingham 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 Birmingham. Remember, we looked at 41 cities for this study.

Dora is about 21.5 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Adamsville has the 9th lowest home values in the metro Birmingham area, where the median price is $133,754. The median income is $167,007.

Adamsville has an unemployment rate of 6.86% which ranks 12th worst.

Warrior has 3,206 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 15.403882279273635%.

Ah, Lipscomb. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Birmingham.

It’s the place with the 16th most out of work residents in the Birmingham metro area (4.83%).

Graysville is a city about 13.2 miles from Birmingham, but Birmingham 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. Graysville has the 18th most uninsured people, 17th worst incomes, and has the 6th highest unemployment rate (9.13%) in the entire Birmingham metro area.

Homes only cost $103,093 for a reason. That’s cheap for Birmingham standards.

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

About 6.78% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Birmingham suburbs to call home is Sumiton.

Located 20.9 miles outside the city, Sumitons is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 15th highest unemployment rate (5.91%), and poverty is far above the area average.