The 10 Worst Stockton Suburbs

The 10 Worst Stockton Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Lodi beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Stockton area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 5th 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 Lodi.

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

This city is 29.4 miles to Stockton. Income levels here are the 5th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $83,110 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 Stockton suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Modesto 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 Stockton suburbs.

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

If you live in Lathrop, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 12th lowest Stockton suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 3rd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Stockton. Remember, we looked at 16 cities for this study.

Lathrop is about 11.1 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Riverbank has the 3rd lowest home values in the metro Stockton area, where the median price is $461,353. The median income is $134,689.

Riverbank has an unemployment rate of 5.86% which ranks 12th worst.

Rio Vista has 10,074 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 9.1324200913242%.

Ah, Escalon. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Stockton.

It’s the place with the 5th most out of work residents in the Stockton metro area (8.0%).

Antioch is a city about 26.4 miles from Stockton, but Stockton 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. Antioch has the 2nd most uninsured people, 10th worst incomes, and has the 6th highest unemployment rate (7.85%) in the entire Stockton metro area.

Homes only cost $607,514 for a reason. That’s cheap for Stockton standards.

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

About 6.44% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Stockton suburbs to call home is Camanche.

Located 26.8 miles outside the city, Camanches is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 15th highest unemployment rate (3.57%), and poverty is far above the area average.