The 10 Worst Dayton Suburbs

The 10 Worst Dayton Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Jamestown beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the worst in the Dayton area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 16th 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 Jamestown.

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

This city is 6.6 miles to Dayton. Income levels here are the 5th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $46,442 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 Dayton suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see New Miami 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 Dayton suburbs.

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

If you live in Middletown, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 6th lowest Dayton suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 9th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Dayton. Remember, we looked at 45 cities for this study.

Middletown is about 20.9 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Springfield has the 8th lowest home values in the metro Dayton area, where the median price is $162,148. The median income is $132,722.

Springfield has an unemployment rate of 9.1% which ranks 5th worst.

Moraine has 6,484 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 25.521568627450986%.

Ah, Franklin. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Dayton.

It’s the place with the 25th most out of work residents in the Dayton metro area (3.93%).

New Carlisle is a city about 14.7 miles from Dayton, but Dayton 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. New Carlisle has the 12th most uninsured people, 18th worst incomes, and has the highest unemployment rate (17.12%) in the entire Dayton metro area.

Homes only cost $218,232 for a reason. That’s cheap for Dayton standards.

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

About 4.86% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Dayton suburbs to call home is Xenia.

Located 15.2 miles outside the city, Xenias is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 10th highest unemployment rate (7.08%), and poverty is far above the area average.