The 10 Worst Fort Lauderdale Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Fort Lauderdale Suburbs To Live For 2023

We’ll get the ball rolling with Opa Locka, the absolute worst place to live around Fort Lauderdale according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Opa Locka beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the worst in the Fort Lauderdale area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 4th 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 Opa Locka.

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

This city is 10.6 miles to Fort Lauderdale. Income levels here are the 3rd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $40,260 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 Fort Lauderdale suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Lauderdale Lakes 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 Fort Lauderdale suburbs.

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

If you live in Pompano Beach, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 2lowest Fort Lauderdale suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 6th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Fort Lauderdale. Remember, we looked at 52 cities for this study.

Pompano Beach is about 7.0 miles to downtown.

West Park has the distinction of being a Fort Lauderdale suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, West Park has the 19th lowest home values in the metro Fort Lauderdale area, where the median price is $251,300. The median income is $174,295.

West Park has an unemployment rate of 9.58% which ranks 3rd worst.

Dania Beach has 31,703 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 16.77304626718745%.

Ah, North Miami. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Fort Lauderdale.

It’s the place with the 15th most out of work residents in the Fort Lauderdale metro area (6.68%).

Miami Gardens is a city about 14.6 miles from Fort Lauderdale, but Fort Lauderdale 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. Miami Gardens has the 7th most uninsured people, 13th worst incomes, and has the 7th highest unemployment rate (8.52%) in the entire Fort Lauderdale metro area.

Homes only cost $252,600 for a reason. That’s cheap for Fort Lauderdale standards.

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

About 7.96% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Fort Lauderdale suburbs to call home is Deerfield Beach.

Located 11.8 miles outside the city, Deerfield Beachs is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 17th highest unemployment rate (6.65%), and poverty is far above the area average.