The 10 Worst Greensboro Suburbs

The 10 Worst Greensboro Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Mayodan beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 2nd worst in the Greensboro 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 Mayodan.

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

This city is 18.9 miles to Greensboro. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $35,061 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 Greensboro suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Liberty 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 Greensboro suburbs.

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

If you live in Green Level, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 4th lowest Greensboro suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 23rd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Greensboro. Remember, we looked at 30 cities for this study.

Green Level is about 26.8 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Asheboro has the 12th lowest home values in the metro Greensboro area, where the median price is $229,584. The median income is $148,182.

Asheboro has an unemployment rate of 5.47% which ranks 13th worst.

Eden has 15,349 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 22.166621585068974%.

Ah, Thomasville. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Greensboro.

It’s the place with the 15th most out of work residents in the Greensboro metro area (5.16%).

Madison is a city about 22.2 miles from Greensboro, but Greensboro 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. Madison has the 8th most uninsured people, 9th worst incomes, and has the 7th highest unemployment rate (7.6%) in the entire Greensboro metro area.

Homes only cost $198,186 for a reason. That’s cheap for Greensboro standards.

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

About 4.39% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Greensboro suburbs to call home is Wentworth.

Located 21.4 miles outside the city, Wentworths is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 14th highest unemployment rate (5.2%), and poverty is far above the area average.