The 10 Worst Vancouver Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Vancouver Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Woodland beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 8th worst in the Vancouver 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 Woodland.

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

This city is 11.8 miles to Vancouver. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $61,826 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 Vancouver suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Estacada 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 Vancouver suburbs.

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

If you live in St. Helens, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 4th lowest Vancouver suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 10th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Vancouver. Remember, we looked at 33 cities for this study.

St. Helens is about 18.6 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Fairview has the 6th lowest home values in the metro Vancouver area, where the median price is $328,600. The median income is $131,980.

Fairview has an unemployment rate of 2.63% which ranks 29th worst.

Cornelius has 12,893 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 10.428537975177582%.

Ah, Columbia. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Vancouver.

It’s the place with the 20th most out of work residents in the Vancouver metro area (4.02%).

Kalama is a city about 28.0 miles from Vancouver, but Vancouver 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. Kalama has the 3rd most uninsured people, 19th worst incomes, and has the 32nd highest unemployment rate (1.38%) in the entire Vancouver metro area.

Homes only cost $324,700 for a reason. That’s cheap for Vancouver standards.

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

About 5.91% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Vancouver suburbs to call home is Washougal.

Located 12.8 miles outside the city, Washougals is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the highest unemployment rate (8.4%), and poverty is far above the area average.