The 10 Worst Irvine Suburbs

The 10 Worst Irvine Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Lynwood beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 6th worst in the Irvine area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 12th 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 Lynwood.

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

This city is 28.4 miles to Irvine. Income levels here are the 29th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $91,562 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 Irvine suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Montclair 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 Irvine suburbs.

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

If you live in Pomona, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 9th lowest Irvine suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 16th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Irvine. Remember, we looked at 73 cities for this study.

Pomona is about 26.3 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Ontario has the 13th lowest home values in the metro Irvine area, where the median price is $627,446. The median income is $189,306.

Ontario has an unemployment rate of 5.83% which ranks 24th worst.

Lakeland has 114,404 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 14.149643395839927%.

Ah, Bell Gardens. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Irvine.

It’s the place with the 26th most out of work residents in the Irvine metro area (5.75%).

Wildomar is a city about 29.8 miles from Irvine, but Irvine 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. Wildomar has the 8th most uninsured people, 27th worst incomes, and has the 17th highest unemployment rate (6.48%) in the entire Irvine metro area.

Homes only cost $617,209 for a reason. That’s cheap for Irvine standards.

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

About 6.94% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Irvine suburbs to call home is Riverside.

Located 28.1 miles outside the city, Riversides is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 20th highest unemployment rate (6.08%), and poverty is far above the area average.