Saturday, July 28, 2018

These Are The 10 Worst Places To Live In America For 2018

We used science and data to determine which cities in America are the real pits. (For 8 Years Obama Knew this, yet he did nothing. Why?)

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There’s a common denominator that all bad cities have.

They are the places that have bad economies. They are the places where the school systems are in bad shape. They’re the places where people are out of work, and where residents earn low salaries.

If home prices are low, it’s a sign that there’s not a lot of demand to live there.

And certainly, if crime is really high, no one wants to be there at all.

The cities below all share those qualities. There might be some surprises on this list, but when you look at the unbiased data, it’s hard to argue against. We had more than 10 million people read our worst cities in a state series, which was featured in hundreds of media outlets, including an NPR feature.

So we know what we’re talking about.

After analyzing the biggest 220 cities in the country, here is our list of the worst cities to live in America:

You might be surprised to see some of these cities on this list. We understand there’s a lot of good in every place. However, according to data (which doesn’t measure things like beauty, ‘friendly people’ and community involvement), there are far better options in America for making a place home.

The best place to live in America? Naperville, IL More on that later.

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How do you decide if a place is lousy or not?

In order to rank the worst places to live in America, we had to determine what criteria people like or dislike about a place. It isn’t a stretch to assume that people like low crime, solid education, things to do and a stable economy.

So we scraped the internet for those criteria, asked for the opposite of those, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers for 2018

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using FBI crime data and the most recent government census American Community Survey data, this is the criteria we used:

Population Density (The lower the worse – meaning there’s less to do for indoor entertainment)
Highest Unemployment Rates
Adjusted Median Income (Median income adjusted for the cost of living)
Low home prices
A lot of uninsured individuals
A high portion of uneducated adults
High Crime
High Poverty

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, scroll to the bottom of this post to see a link to the entire data set.

Note: We get the crime numbers from the FBI, which gets its crime numbers from the cities themselves.

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1. Memphis

Source: Wikipedia

Home Values: $93,700 (15th worst)
Unemployment Rate: 11.3% (26th worst)
When you’re looking at the worst places you could live in America, Memphis ranks as the worst foe 2018. Let’s see why.

Here in Memphis, crime is the 9th highest in the country, and 1 out of 17.7 residents was robbed here according to the latest FBI numbers.

That’s not the first place you think of making home, is it?

Additionally, you have a 1 in 54 chance of being the victim of a violent crime, which includes rapes, attacks or murders. That’s really high.

When you look at adult education in Tennessee, the folks in Memphis have the 76th highest drop out rate. And other factors that make Memphis undesirable are the low median incomes and home prices.

The unemployment rate is the 26th highest in the states, at 11.3%.

2. Jackson

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 172,039
Home Values: $89,500 (10th worst)
Unemployment Rate: 12.8% (16th worst)
Jackson needs some tough love as it ranks as the 2nd worst city to live in America for 2017.

Crime in Jackson is the 52nd highest in the country, where 1 in 21.8 people have a chance of being the victim of a property crime, according to the latest FBI numbers.

Additionally, the median income is almost dead last.

3. Dayton

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 141,143
Home Values: $66,600 (2nd worst)
Unemployment Rate: 13.3% (12th worst)
If you live in Dayton, this might not be a surprise, but you have the 34th highest crime rate, per capita in the country. Every year you spend here, you have a 1 in 19.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime like a car break in or home invasion robbery.

That’s a lot of stolen cell phones, laptops and black license plates.

Plus there were 1,402 violent crimes in the last FBI reporting year. That means if you spent a year there, you’d have a 1 in 100 chance of being raped or attacked.

Finally, the folks who live here earn the 3rd lowest salaries in America’s big cities at $28,745 a household — that’s simply not enough to get by for most folks.

4. Detroit

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 683,443
Home Values: $41,000 (1st worst)
Unemployment Rate: 22.1% (1st worst)
Detroit seems to be the have’s and have not’s. But mostly the have nots.
The annual average income levels here aren’t respectful ($26,249), and about 1 in 4.5 people here are without jobs (The worst in the country). Homes are valued at only $41,000 (also the worst).

We’re surprised it didn’t rank higher honestly, but apparently people are relatively smart and also buy insurance.

5. San Bernardino

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 214,581

Home Values: $176,800 (95th worst)
Unemployment Rate: 14.1% (7th worst)
Perhaps the only thing surprising about San Bernardino being 5th is that it wasn’t higher. Crime here is horrible, more than 1 in 10 residents are without jobs (and that’s conservative), and well… we could go on and on about San Bernardino’s issues.

You’ve heard it all before. When considering the data, the only reason San Bernardino is only 5th is that there are some areas of the city in which residents earn professional salaries, and, frankly, there’s a lot more to do in the San Bernardino region than there is in the desert. And no, dodging bullets isn’t one of them.

But as professionals continue to flee into the nearby enclaves of East Highlands, Yucaipa and Redlands, the city of San Bernardino, which saw its glory days spike in the late 1970s, will continue to head down the drain and unfortunately, become an area only for those who have no aspirations to exceed in life.

6. Cleveland

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 389,165
Home Values: $67,500 (3rd worst)
Unemployment Rate: 17.3% (3rd worst)
Cleveland has a 17.3% unemployment rate (3rd worst amount US cities), below average income levels and the 13th highest crime rate in the country.

This random City-Data comment sums up Cleveland.

“I visited Cleveland over the weekend and I have to say the place just seemed completely depressing.

“I saw lots people around Cleveland who looked…well bad. Like former alcoholics and drug addicts.

“And what’s with the poorish looking area, where there were a lot of people in run down homes?

“Just looked sad.”

7. Brownsville

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 182,110
Rank Last Year: 22 (Up 15)
Home Values: $83,800 (9th worst)
Unemployment Rate: 9.4% (58th worst)
You might have passed through Brownsville once and probably throught it seems to be a relatively quiet, clean place.

Here’s what science says about why Brownsville needs some love: The unemployment rate is nearly 9.4%, residents earn about $34,255 a year, and home prices are just over $83,800. Across the board, those are in the bottom half in the country. Not absolutely horrible, but not desirable, either.

And there simply isn’t anything to do in Brownsville relative to the rest of the country.

8. Tucson

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 527,586
Home Values: $132,200 (51st worst)
Unemployment Rate: 10.1% (45th worst)
According to science, Tucson is the 8th worst place you can live in the country for 2018.

Let’s see why. Tucson has the 15th-highest crime rate in the country, surprisingly. In terms of the number of crimes per person, Tucson is certainly up there.

Factor in a very low home values ($132,200), and the 45th-highest unemployment rate among cities (10.1%), and across the board, Tucson doesn’t sound like the best of the best.

9. St. Louis

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 316,030
Home Values: $120,900 (42nd worst)
Unemployment Rate: 10.6% (36th worst)
If you live in St. Louis, you’re either going to tell us we’re idiots because you’re fiercely protective of your city, or you know it’s a tough place to live. The fact remains, St. Louis has the one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, where 8.2% of the population is out of work. That’s far above the national average, and households only bring in $34,384 a year on average.

You can’t buy very many Cards tickets with that income.

And then there’s the crime. St. Louis is the 3rd most dangerous place you can live in America. You have a 1 in 15 chance of being robbed here every year, and a 1 in 62 chance of being raped, attacked or killed when you’re in the city limits. Plus, there were 120 murders in St. Louis two years ago.

Which means that when you’re within St. Louis proper, you have a 1 in 2,654 chance of being killed every year.

10. Mobile

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 193,717
Home Values: $119,500 (35th worst)
Unemployment Rate: 9.4% (58th worst)
Mobile rounds out the list coming in as the 10th worst place to live in America for 2018.

You’ve got the 12th highest crime rate, which saw 1,709 violent crimes last year. You have a 1 in 16.5 chance of being robbed and a 1 in 113 chance of being attacked, raped or killed here for every year you spend in the city limits of Mobile.

Plus, folks are simply out of work. Mobile sports the state’s 58th highest unemployment rate (9.4%), and families bring in a combined $38,759 a year, which is far below the average.

No wonder homes are cheap; you can get one yourself for only $119,500.

There You Have It

If you’re looking at cities in the U.S. where crime is high, people are broke, and the public schools are lousy, this is an accurate list.

Here are the best cities in America, according to science.

Naperville, IL (Pop. 145,789)
Sunnyvale, CA (Pop. 149,596)
Santa Clara, CA (Pop. 122,725)

We also wrote a story on the dumbest cities in America to live. Click here to read that one.

Disclaimer: This article is an opinion based on data. It should not be taken as fact.

Detailed List Of The Worst Cities In America

City	Rank	Population	Unemployment Rate	Home Value
Memphis	1	655,857	11.3%	$93,700
Jackson	2	172,039	12.8%	$89,500
Dayton	3	141,143	13.3%	$66,600
Detroit	4	683,443	22.1%	$41,000
San Bernardino	5	214,581	14.1%	$176,800
Cleveland	6	389,165	17.3%	$67,500
Brownsville	7	182,110	9.4%	$83,800
Tucson	8	527,586	10.1%	$132,200
St. Louis	9	316,030	10.6%	$120,900
Mobile	10	193,717	9.4%	$119,500
Springfield	11	165,138	7.2%	$109,500
Beaumont	12	117,729	6.8%	$99,800
Hartford	13	124,320	17.5%	$159,100
Rockford	14	149,597	13.4%	$91,400
Waco	15	130,659	6.5%	$98,800
Shreveport	16	198,571	7.4%	$133,600
Indianapolis	17	846,674	9.1%	$120,400
Toledo	18	280,854	12.0%	$77,800
Chattanooga	19	175,462	8.7%	$152,000
New Orleans	20	382,922	9.8%	$197,000
Tulsa	21	399,906	6.9%	$126,200
Milwaukee	22	598,672	10.3%	$115,500
Cincinnati	23	298,011	11.4%	$120,300
Knoxville	24	183,927	7.5%	$120,300
Miami	25	432,622	9.4%	$241,200
Houston	26	2,240,582	7.4%	$140,300
Montgomery	27	201,717	8.8%	$116,600
Miami Gardens	28	112,514	13.7%	$141,600
Akron	29	198,508	11.2%	$80,000
Victorville	30	121,320	15.5%	$158,900
Rochester	31	210,291	13.0%	$77,800
Columbia	32	132,537	9.5%	$164,200
Newark	33	280,139	17.2%	$222,100
Laredo	34	251,671	5.7%	$113,500
Lansing	35	114,773	11.6%	$75,500
Fresno	36	513,807	12.7%	$187,500
Baton Rouge	37	228,694	8.8%	$158,400
Lubbock	38	244,507	5.4%	$118,300
Buffalo	39	258,989	9.9%	$72,600
Stockton	40	301,443	13.8%	$191,000
Tallahassee	41	188,466	11.0%	$182,200
Dallas	42	1,278,433	6.8%	$142,600
Fayetteville	43	203,670	12.1%	$127,500
San Antonio	44	1,439,358	7.1%	$121,100
Orlando	45	263,306	8.2%	$172,100
Gainesville	46	128,610	8.4%	$143,900
Las Vegas	47	613,295	10.6%	$184,900
Pasadena	48	153,286	9.7%	$104,500
Syracuse	49	144,350	10.7%	$89,900
Providence	50	178,851	11.0%	$173,800
Mcallen	51	138,475	7.8%	$117,500
Allentown	52	119,624	12.9%	$126,100
Evansville	53	120,156	7.0%	$89,600
Baltimore	54	621,000	11.4%	$153,000
Phoenix	55	1,555,324	7.7%	$178,200
Atlanta	56	456,378	10.4%	$222,300
Independence	57	117,217	7.8%	$100,500
New Haven	58	130,405	11.3%	$190,700
Bridgeport	59	147,022	15.2%	$168,200
Kansas City	60	471,767	6.8%	$135,900
Philadelphia	61	1,559,938	12.5%	$147,300
Wichita	62	388,033	6.6%	$120,800
Abilene	63	122,612	5.7%	$101,500
North Las Vegas	64	230,436	9.6%	$161,500
Little Rock	65	197,640	6.5%	$154,700
Oklahoma City	66	620,015	5.6%	$142,700
Hialeah	67	235,626	9.1%	$163,600
Amarillo	68	197,570	4.3%	$120,500
El Paso	69	678,058	7.7%	$119,300
Elizabeth	70	128,042	10.2%	$262,300
Corpus Christi	71	320,050	5.9%	$118,900
Lancaster	72	159,651	9.6%	$186,000
Paterson	73	146,894	8.1%	$236,000
Jacksonville	74	856,616	8.8%	$140,000
Glendale	75	239,943	7.2%	$163,400
Huntsville	76	188,973	8.1%	$168,900
Salt Lake City	77	191,446	5.5%	$248,700
Topeka	78	127,472	6.7%	$99,400
Palmdale	79	156,823	11.6%	$207,400
Wilmington	80	113,724	8.1%	$224,300
Albuquerque	81	556,859	7.3%	$185,400
Fort Worth	82	815,930	6.4%	$131,100
Mesquite	83	143,771	6.7%	$112,400
Louisville	84	611,573	7.9%	$143,100
Modesto	85	208,512	13.6%	$208,000
Bakersfield	86	367,555	10.2%	$214,600
Norfolk	87	245,724	9.7%	$193,100
Chicago	88	2,714,017	10.9%	$225,200
Fort Wayne	89	260,954	7.9%	$103,100
Fort Lauderdale	90	175,153	9.1%	$273,400
Pomona	91	151,807	11.0%	$310,100
Grand Rapids	92	193,887	8.5%	$113,600
Odessa	93	114,258	5.6%	$124,600
Warren	94	135,069	10.3%	$93,400
Reno	95	237,121	7.6%	$235,800
Tampa	96	361,477	9.6%	$172,100
Moreno Valley	97	202,061	12.3%	$231,400
Des Moines	98	212,859	7.1%	$119,800
Killeen	99	138,745	11.2%	$118,400
El Monte	100	115,665	9.2%	$374,900
Garland	101	234,810	7.8%	$121,400
Oakland	102	412,040	9.3%	$500,500
Lafayette	103	125,808	5.2%	$177,100
St. Petersburg	104	253,585	7.5%	$154,800
Spokane	105	212,078	7.6%	$160,800
Tacoma	106	205,602	8.0%	$212,400
Riverside	107	318,678	11.0%	$286,600
Columbus	108	837,038	6.9%	$131,800
Los Angeles	109	3,918,872	9.2%	$496,300
Denton	110	128,421	7.9%	$162,700
Arlington	111	383,899	6.4%	$137,900
Ontario	112	169,389	9.3%	$293,000
Sacramento	113	484,530	10.5%	$259,400
Pittsburgh	114	305,305	7.7%	$100,800
Worcester	115	183,677	8.8%	$206,500
Clarksville	116	146,281	8.8%	$140,000
Vallejo	117	119,644	13.0%	$254,100
Salinas	118	155,889	7.3%	$303,800
Grand Prairie	119	185,631	6.7%	$132,600
Hollywood	120	148,114	8.5%	$197,100
Visalia	121	128,738	8.1%	$190,500
Salem	122	161,975	9.0%	$188,900
Port St. Lucie	123	175,652	9.6%	$149,400
Aurora	124	351,131	7.0%	$206,300
Long Beach	125	469,793	9.4%	$448,800
Lexington	126	311,529	6.4%	$170,800
Irving	127	232,013	5.9%	$147,500
St. Paul	128	297,160	7.8%	$178,400
Newport News	129	181,606	8.3%	$189,000
Oxnard	130	204,752	8.4%	$362,900
Minneapolis	131	404,670	6.9%	$212,800
Omaha	132	443,072	5.4%	$139,800
Santa Ana	133	333,605	7.1%	$383,900
Eugene	134	161,649	8.3%	$246,400
Tempe	135	174,708	6.0%	$219,900
Hampton	136	136,789	8.9%	$187,700
Fontana	137	205,228	10.2%	$289,400
Cape Coral	138	170,063	9.4%	$173,400
Escondido	139	149,912	7.2%	$368,500
Mesa	140	470,456	6.9%	$168,500
Anchorage	141	299,321	6.0%	$298,000
Provo	142	115,718	5.8%	$214,800
Murfreesboro	143	122,007	6.7%	$186,200
Norman	144	118,974	5.4%	$163,900
Austin	145	907,779	5.0%	$257,800
Midland	146	128,051	4.0%	$182,300
Denver	147	663,303	5.4%	$292,700
Kent	148	125,492	6.8%	$262,800
Vancouver	149	169,982	8.1%	$217,200
Anaheim	150	346,776	8.1%	$457,600
Joliet	151	147,515	8.2%	$163,900
Colorado Springs	152	448,759	7.5%	$222,100
Hayward	153	154,507	8.0%	$404,500
Portland	154	620,589	7.5%	$319,400
Sioux Falls	155	167,884	3.7%	$161,500
Lakewood	156	149,793	5.4%	$273,200
Jersey City	157	261,666	8.0%	$331,300
New York	158	8,461,961	8.6%	$508,900
Garden Grove	159	174,676	7.6%	$445,700
Fargo	160	115,950	3.6%	$178,300
Lincoln	161	273,018	4.6%	$150,200
Costa Mesa	162	112,439	6.5%	$637,200
Miramar	163	133,741	8.4%	$228,400
Cedar Rapids	164	129,537	4.7%	$136,700
Downey	165	113,223	6.8%	$449,900
Carrollton	166	129,266	4.5%	$183,100
Boston	167	658,279	8.0%	$423,200
Oceanside	168	173,829	7.3%	$384,100
Charleston	169	129,888	5.9%	$269,400
Concord	170	126,938	8.0%	$423,100
Yonkers	171	199,725	8.6%	$379,500
Chula Vista	172	260,598	9.7%	$402,000
Fullerton	173	139,491	8.6%	$551,300
Thornton	174	130,511	4.5%	$236,100
Chesapeake	175	233,194	6.3%	$256,500
Corona	176	161,614	7.8%	$378,500
Sterling Heights	177	131,674	6.5%	$154,000
San Diego	178	1,374,812	7.7%	$488,600
Peoria	179	158,677	6.4%	$208,200
Surprise	180	127,492	7.8%	$197,600
Henderson	181	277,872	8.6%	$237,800
Coral Springs	182	127,673	8.8%	$294,300
Madison	183	246,034	4.8%	$217,000
Madison	184	246,034	4.8%	$217,000
San Francisco	185	850,282	6.2%	$858,800
Santa Rosa	186	173,165	7.1%	$414,800
Fort Collins	187	157,251	6.6%	$285,400
Berkeley	188	118,585	7.3%	$795,200
Round Rock	189	112,767	6.3%	$192,500
Stamford	190	127,410	8.0%	$504,200
Orange	191	139,919	7.3%	$565,800
Pembroke Pines	192	164,753	7.3%	$225,400
San Jose	193	1,009,363	7.4%	$658,000
Seattle	194	668,849	5.1%	$484,600
Santa Clarita	195	180,303	8.1%	$417,400
Virginia Beach	196	449,733	5.8%	$262,200
Ann Arbor	197	118,087	5.6%	$250,200
Elk Grove	198	163,634	8.5%	$317,500
Rancho Cucamonga	199	173,309	8.9%	$414,200
Chandler	200	242,131	5.0%	$248,500
Scottsdale	201	234,495	4.9%	$405,500
Olathe	202	132,787	4.4%	$201,200
Mckinney	203	156,821	3.5%	$228,500
Roseville	204	128,276	6.5%	$355,900
Thousand Oaks	205	128,623	7.9%	$637,100
Plano	206	279,088	4.8%	$248,800
Alexandria	207	151,473	4.0%	$520,700
Overland Park	208	183,775	4.0%	$237,100
Simi Valley	209	126,126	6.2%	$472,700
Bellevue	210	136,718	5.0%	$608,500
Gilbert	211	226,832	5.4%	$264,700
Huntington Beach	212	198,724	6.0%	$659,700
Fremont	213	227,934	5.3%	$702,800
Frisco	214	145,646	3.9%	$300,900
Cary	215	155,822	4.0%	$309,800
Irvine	216	246,992	6.2%	$718,800
Torrance	217	147,307	6.4%	$652,600
Santa Clara	218	122,725	5.2%	$734,500
Sunnyvale	219	149,596	6.0%	$859,100
Naperville	220	145,789	5.6%	$388,400