The 10 Worst Tacoma Suburbs For 2022

The 10 Worst Tacoma Suburbs To Live For 2022

We'll get the ball rolling with Tukwila, the absolute worst place to live around Tacoma according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Tukwila beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Tacoma area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 11th 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 Tukwila.

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

This city is 23.2 miles to Tacoma. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $57,963 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 Tacoma suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Eatonville 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 Tacoma suburbs.

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

If you live in Algona, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 13th lowest Tacoma suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Tacoma. Remember, we looked at 45 cities for this study.

Algona is about 10.0 miles to downtown.

Lakewood has the distinction of being a Tacoma suburb. Which means that's about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Lakewood has the 9th lowest home values in the metro Tacoma area, where the median price is $309,600. To put that into perspective, in Mercer Island, the median income is $250,001, which is the best in the area.

Lakewood has an unemployment rate of 5.45% which ranks 16th worst.

SeaTac has 29,102 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 12.476034935738125%.

Ah, Olympia. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Tacoma.

It's the place with the 6th most out of work residents in the Tacoma metro area (6.94%).

Rainier is a city about 27.1 miles from Tacoma, but Tacoma 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. Rainier has the 34th most uninsured people, 16th worst incomes, and has the 18th highest unemployment rate (5.19%) in the entire Tacoma metro area.

Homes only cost $232,800 for a reason. That's cheap for Tacoma standards.

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

About 5.08% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Tacoma suburbs to call home is Kent.

Located 14.9 miles outside the city, Kents is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 7th highest unemployment rate (6.77%), and poverty is far above the area average.