The 10 Worst Baltimore Suburbs

The 10 Worst Baltimore Suburbs To Live For 2025

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Bladensburg beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the worst in the Baltimore area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 2nd 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 Bladensburg.

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

This city is 25.7 miles to Baltimore. Income levels here are the 6th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $86,352 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 Baltimore suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see College Park 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 Baltimore suburbs.

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

If you live in Aberdeen, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 3rd lowest Baltimore suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 13th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Baltimore. Remember, we looked at 18 cities for this study.

Aberdeen is about 27.8 miles to downtown.

New Carrollton has the distinction of being a Baltimore suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, New Carrollton has the 4th lowest home values in the metro Baltimore area, where the median price is $409,435. The median income is $197,589.

New Carrollton has an unemployment rate of 10.56% which ranks 2nd worst.

Hyattsville has 20,861 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 10.753999219664456%.

Ah, Riverdale Park. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Baltimore.

It’s the place with the 15th most out of work residents in the Baltimore metro area (2.48%).

Berwyn Heights is a city about 26.7 miles from Baltimore, but Baltimore 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. Berwyn Heights has the 3rd most uninsured people, 16th worst incomes, and has the 6th highest unemployment rate (5.12%) in the entire Baltimore metro area.

Homes only cost $446,722 for a reason. That’s cheap for Baltimore standards.

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

About 5.28% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Baltimore suburbs to call home is Westminster.

Located 28.7 miles outside the city, Westminsters is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 14th highest unemployment rate (3.46%), and poverty is far above the area average.