The 10 Worst Pasadena Suburbs

The 10 Worst Pasadena Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Huntington Park, the absolute worst place to live around Pasadena according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Huntington Park beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Pasadena area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 7th 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 Huntington Park.

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

This city is 13.8 miles to Pasadena. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $49,596 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 Pasadena suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Compton 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 Pasadena suburbs.

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

If you live in Lynwood, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 10th lowest Pasadena suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 2nd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Pasadena. Remember, we looked at 89 cities for this study.

Lynwood is about 16.7 miles to downtown.

South El Monte has the distinction of being a Pasadena suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, South El Monte has the 23rd lowest home values in the metro Pasadena area, where the median price is $697,787. The median income is $250,001.

South El Monte has an unemployment rate of 6.74% which ranks 28th worst.

Palmdale has 166,895 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 14.104734308829466%.

Ah, Bell. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Pasadena.

It’s the place with the 32nd most out of work residents in the Pasadena metro area (6.53%).

South Gate is a city about 15.3 miles from Pasadena, but Pasadena 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. South Gate has the 8th most uninsured people, 8th worst incomes, and has the 13th highest unemployment rate (7.89%) in the entire Pasadena metro area.

Homes only cost $635,980 for a reason. That’s cheap for Pasadena standards.

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

About 5.75% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Pasadena suburbs to call home is Pomona.

Located 22.8 miles outside the city, Pomonas is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 33rd highest unemployment rate (6.52%), and poverty is far above the area average.