The 10 Worst Arlington Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Arlington Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Dumfries beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 6th worst in the Arlington area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 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 Dumfries.

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

This city is 9.0 miles to Arlington. Income levels here are the 5th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $71,645 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 Arlington suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Greenbelt 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 Arlington suburbs.

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

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

Not only that, but this is the 4th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Arlington. Remember, we looked at 35 cities for this study.

Landover Hills is about 11.9 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Bladensburg has the 9th lowest home values in the metro Arlington area, where the median price is $302,200. The median income is $201,607.

Bladensburg has an unemployment rate of 13.49% which ranks 2nd worst.

Riverdale Park has 7,321 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 11.768811950300154%.

Ah, Seat Pleasant. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Arlington.

It’s the place with the most out of work residents in the Arlington metro area (22.84%).

College Park is a city about 12.0 miles from Arlington, but Arlington 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. College Park has the 19th most uninsured people, 4th worst incomes, and has the 13th highest unemployment rate (5.77%) in the entire Arlington metro area.

Homes only cost $359,300 for a reason. That’s cheap for Arlington standards.

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

About 7.36% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Arlington suburbs to call home is Forest Heights.

Located 7.2 miles outside the city, Forest Heightss is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 3rd highest unemployment rate (12.89%), and poverty is far above the area average.