The 10 Worst Toledo Suburbs

The 10 Worst Toledo Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Walbridge beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 4th worst in the Toledo area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 4th 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 Walbridge.

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

This city is 28.8 miles to Toledo. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $40,797 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 Toledo suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Monroe 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 Toledo suburbs.

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

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

Not only that, but this is the 15th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Toledo. Remember, we looked at 23 cities for this study.

Delta is about 22.7 miles to downtown.

Bowling Green has the distinction of being a Toledo suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Bowling Green has the 14th lowest home values in the metro Toledo area, where the median price is $238,887. The median income is $171,250.

Bowling Green has an unemployment rate of 6.35% which ranks 6th worst.

Oregon has 19,896 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 7.363469012067907%.

Ah, Rossford. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Toledo.

It’s the place with the 10th most out of work residents in the Toledo metro area (4.77%).

Northwood is a city about 6.3 miles from Toledo, but Toledo 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. Northwood has the 13th most uninsured people, 15th worst incomes, and has the 23rd highest unemployment rate (0.72%) in the entire Toledo metro area.

Homes only cost $159,332 for a reason. That’s cheap for Toledo standards.

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

About 1.99% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Toledo suburbs to call home is Carleton.

Located 28.9 miles outside the city, Carletons is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the highest unemployment rate (8.7%), and poverty is far above the area average.