The 10 Worst Newark Suburbs

The 10 Worst Newark Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Morristown beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Newark area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 3rd 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 Morristown.

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

This city is 15.0 miles to Newark. Income levels here are the 8th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $56,239 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 Newark suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Plainfield 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 Newark suburbs.

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

If you live in Paterson, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 6th lowest Newark suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 7th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Newark. Remember, we looked at 214 cities for this study.

Paterson is about 13.2 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, East Newark has the 8th lowest home values in the metro Newark area, where the median price is $388,622. The median income is $250,001.

East Newark has an unemployment rate of 8.24% which ranks 27th worst.

Passaic has 70,048 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 21.90100430416069%.

Ah, New Brunswick. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Newark.

It’s the place with the 69th most out of work residents in the Newark metro area (6.51%).

East Orange is a city about 3.5 miles from Newark, but Newark 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. East Orange has the 27th most uninsured people, 11th worst incomes, and has the 3rd highest unemployment rate (11.62%) in the entire Newark metro area.

Homes only cost $411,261 for a reason. That’s cheap for Newark standards.

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

About 6.22% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Newark suburbs to call home is North Plainfield.

Located 15.7 miles outside the city, North Plainfields is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 16th highest unemployment rate (9.61%), and poverty is far above the area average.