The 10 Worst Philadelphia Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Philadelphia Suburbs To Live For 2023

We’ll get the ball rolling with Marcus Hook, the absolute worst place to live around Philadelphia according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Marcus Hook beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 4th worst in the Philadelphia area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 5th 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 Marcus Hook.

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

This city is 26.3 miles to Philadelphia. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $26,975 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 Philadelphia suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Camden 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 Philadelphia suburbs.

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

If you live in Chester, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 3rd lowest Philadelphia suburb when it comes to residents making money.

Not only that, but this is the 4th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Philadelphia. Remember, we looked at 91 cities for this study.

Chester is about 17.0 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Folcroft has the 9th lowest home values in the metro Philadelphia area, where the median price is $117,800. To put that into perspective, in Narberth, the median income is $159,323, which is the best in the area.

Folcroft has an unemployment rate of 10.87% which ranks 11th worst.

Trenton has 90,097 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 27.688857871795165%.

Ah, Eddystone. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Philadelphia.

It’s the place with the 24th most out of work residents in the Philadelphia metro area (8.68%).

Colwyn is a city about 9.2 miles from Philadelphia, but Philadelphia 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. Colwyn has the 18th most uninsured people, 12th worst incomes, and has the 5th highest unemployment rate (14.99%) in the entire Philadelphia metro area.

Homes only cost $78,300 for a reason. That’s cheap for Philadelphia standards.

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

About 4.87% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Philadelphia suburbs to call home is Paulsboro.

Located 13.0 miles outside the city, Paulsboros is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 6th highest unemployment rate (14.68%), and poverty is far above the area average.