The 10 Worst Greensboro Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Greensboro Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Mayodan beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 2nd worst in the Greensboro 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 Mayodan.

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

This city is 22.0 miles to Greensboro. Income levels here are the 7th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $41,657 a year, which doesn’t go a long ways 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 Greensboro suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Reidsville 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 drop out rate is poor compared to other Greensboro suburbs.

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

If you live in Asheboro, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 6th lowest Greensboro suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 5th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Greensboro. Remember, we looked at 31 cities for this study.

Asheboro is about 26.1 miles to downtown.

Haw River has the distinction of being a Greensboro suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Haw River has the 4th lowest home values in the metro Greensboro area, where the median price is $101,200. To put that into perspective, in Oak Ridge, the median income is $132,298, which is the best in the area.

Haw River has an unemployment rate of 4.11% which ranks 18th worst.

Thomasville has 26,941 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 19.923617938440604%.

Ah, Green Level. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Greensboro.

It’s the place with the 30th most out of work residents in the Greensboro metro area (1.3%).

Eden is a city about 28.5 miles from Greensboro, but Greensboro 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. Eden has the 23rd most uninsured people, 8th worst incomes, and has the 4th highest unemployment rate (7.77%) in the entire Greensboro metro area.

Homes only cost $96,300 for a reason. That’s cheap for Greensboro standards.

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

About 1.07% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Greensboro suburbs to call home is Graham.

Located 24.6 miles outside the city, Grahams is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 8th highest unemployment rate (6.55%), and poverty is far above the area average.