The 10 Worst Gilbert Suburbs

The 10 Worst Gilbert Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Coolidge beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 3rd worst in the Gilbert 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 Coolidge.

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

This city is 27.9 miles to Gilbert. Income levels here are the 4th lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $64,535 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 Gilbert suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Guadalupe 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 Gilbert suburbs.

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

If you live in Apache Junction, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the lowest Gilbert 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 Gilbert. Remember, we looked at 17 cities for this study.

Apache Junction is about 13.4 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Glendale has the 7th lowest home values in the metro Gilbert area, where the median price is $405,468. The median income is $221,333.

Glendale has an unemployment rate of 5.69% which ranks 7th worst.

Florence has 25,783 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 6.802201161724242%.

Ah, Phoenix. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Gilbert.

It’s the place with the 9th most out of work residents in the Gilbert metro area (5.15%).

Tempe is a city about 12.1 miles from Gilbert, but Gilbert 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. Tempe has the 7th most uninsured people, 6th worst incomes, and has the 6th highest unemployment rate (5.69%) in the entire Gilbert metro area.

Homes only cost $474,681 for a reason. That’s cheap for Gilbert standards.

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

About 4.74% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Gilbert suburbs to call home is Maricopa.

Located 24.1 miles outside the city, Maricopas is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 15th highest unemployment rate (3.48%), and poverty is far above the area average.