The 10 Worst Toledo Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Toledo Suburbs To Live For 2023

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 3rd worst in the Toledo 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 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 $36,472 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 Toledo suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Gibsonburg 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 Toledo suburbs.

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

If you live in Monroe, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 6th lowest Toledo suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 2nd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Toledo. Remember, we looked at 24 cities for this study.

Monroe is about 20.2 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Blissfield has the 8th lowest home values in the metro Toledo area, where the median price is $133,900. To put that into perspective, in Ottawa Hills, the median income is $165,938, which is the best in the area.

Blissfield has an unemployment rate of 4.86% which ranks 11th worst.

Carleton has 2,603 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 12.608515915667631%.

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

It’s the place with the 19th most out of work residents in the Toledo metro area (3.05%).

Bowling Green is a city about 20.1 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. Bowling Green has the 9th most uninsured people, 2nd worst incomes, and has the 3rd highest unemployment rate (6.79%) in the entire Toledo metro area.

Homes only cost $178,700 for a reason. That’s cheap for Toledo standards.

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

About 6.06% of residents are out of work.

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

Located 16.9 miles outside the city, Swantons is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 23rd highest unemployment rate (1.76%), and poverty is far above the area average.