The 10 Worst Lakewood Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Lakewood Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

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

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

This city is 12.6 miles to Lakewood. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $51,078 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 Lakewood suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Aurora 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 Lakewood suburbs.

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

If you live in Commerce, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 3rd lowest Lakewood suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 33rd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Lakewood. Remember, we looked at 33 cities for this study.

Commerce is about 21.3 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Brighton has the 11th lowest home values in the metro Lakewood area, where the median price is $366,200. The median income is $186,976.

Brighton has an unemployment rate of 4.65% which ranks 8th worst.

Dacono has 6,084 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 6.525312294543062%.

Ah, Northglenn. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Lakewood.

It’s the place with the 6th most out of work residents in the Lakewood metro area (4.71%).

Lochbuie is a city about 29.9 miles from Lakewood, but Lakewood 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. Lochbuie has the 3rd most uninsured people, 12th worst incomes, and has the 29th highest unemployment rate (2.75%) in the entire Lakewood metro area.

Homes only cost $293,500 for a reason. That’s cheap for Lakewood standards.

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

About 5.69% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Lakewood suburbs to call home is Thornton.

Located 17.8 miles outside the city, Thorntons is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 7th highest unemployment rate (4.66%), and poverty is far above the area average.