THE 10 WORST Neighborhoods In Mesa For 2020

Mesa’s neighborhoods conjure up too many stereotypes to count. You’ve got hipster areas, preppy places, neighborhoods where college kids thrive, and of course, ghettos.

It seems as if there’s a neighborhood for everyone in Mesa.

And while the city consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in the country thanks in part to a strong economy and tons of entertainment, it’s not all rainbows and sunshine in Mesa. Some neighborhoods aren’t as great as others.

So the question arises, which Mesa neighborhoods are the worst, and which are the best?

Today, we’ll use science and data to determine which Mesa hoods need a little tender loving care – the sore thumbs of the Mesa area if you will. Realistically, you can’t expect all the neighborhoods to be amazing, although Lehi ranks way above the rest.

We examined 23 of Mesa’s neighborhoods to find out the worst places to live. These places don’t quite measure up to Mesa’s reputation.

So what’s the worst neighborhood to live in Mesa for 2020? According to the most recent census data, Sunland Village East looks to be the worst neighborhood in Mesa.

Read on to see how we determined the places around Mesa that need a pick-me-up. And remember, don’t blame the messenger.

Once you’re done, you can look at the bottom of the story for a complete chart of every neighborhood we looked at from worst to best.

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How we determined the worst Mesa hoods in 2020

To figure out how bad a place is to live in, we only needed to know what kinds of things people like and then decide what places have the least amount of those things. We threw the following criteria into this analysis in order to get the best, most complete results possible. We used this set of criteria for each neighborhood in Mesa:

• High unemployment (Less jobs)
• Low median income (Less pay)
• Low population density (No things to do)
• Low home values (No one’s willing to pay to live here)
• High crime (Estimated)

Then, we ranked each neighborhood in Mesa, Arizona for each of these criteria from worst to best.

Next, we averaged the individual rankings for each criteria into a “Worst Score”.

The neighborhood with the lowest “Worst Score” ranks as the worst neighborhood of Mesa.

Read on below to learn more about these terrible places around Mesa to live. Or skip to the end to see the list of all 23 neighborhoods ranked from worst to best.

This list is a scientific analysis based on real data and is completely unbiased. Hold on to your pants.

The ‘hoods around Mesa that are really hoods

Well there you have it — the worst of the neighborhoods in Mesa with Sunland Village East landing at the bottom of the pack.

As we mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Mesa aren’t all bad. Lehi takes the cake as the best place to live in Mesa.

We ranked the neighborhoods from worst to best in the chart below.

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