The 10 Worst Modesto Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Modesto Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Livingston beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 7th worst in the Modesto 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 Livingston.

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

This city is 29.6 miles to Modesto. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $59,436 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 Modesto suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Gustine 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 Modesto suburbs.

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

If you live in Waterford, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 8th lowest Modesto suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 12th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Modesto. Remember, we looked at 17 cities for this study.

Waterford is about 13.6 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Ceres has the 5th lowest home values in the metro Modesto area, where the median price is $305,000. The median income is $102,633.

Ceres has an unemployment rate of 10.75% which ranks 5th worst.

Stockton has 317,818 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 16.321064011343296%.

Ah, Newman. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Modesto.

It’s the place with the 4th most out of work residents in the Modesto metro area (10.97%).

Turlock is a city about 12.1 miles from Modesto, but Modesto 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. Turlock has the 8th most uninsured people, 5th worst incomes, and has the 9th highest unemployment rate (8.25%) in the entire Modesto metro area.

Homes only cost $345,200 for a reason. That’s cheap for Modesto standards.

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

About 9.51% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Modesto suburbs to call home is Hughson.

Located 7.9 miles outside the city, Hughsons is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 2nd highest unemployment rate (11.85%), and poverty is far above the area average.