The 10 Worst Memphis Suburbs

The 10 Worst Memphis Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

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

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

This city is 16.8 miles to Memphis. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $49,543 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 Memphis suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Horn Lake 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 Memphis suburbs.

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

If you live in Southaven, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 5th lowest Memphis 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 Memphis. Remember, we looked at 17 cities for this study.

Southaven is about 10.5 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Brighton has the 5th lowest home values in the metro Memphis area, where the median price is $253,921. The median income is $140,429.

Brighton has an unemployment rate of 4.84% which ranks 8th worst.

Marion has 13,635 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 7.792110953694728%.

Ah, Hernando. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Memphis.

It’s the place with the 17th most out of work residents in the Memphis metro area (2.24%).

Atoka is a city about 24.8 miles from Memphis, but Memphis 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. Atoka has the 10th most uninsured people, 9th worst incomes, and has the 5th highest unemployment rate (6.64%) in the entire Memphis metro area.

Homes only cost $333,000 for a reason. That’s cheap for Memphis standards.

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

About 3.2% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Memphis suburbs to call home is Munford.

Located 25.4 miles outside the city, Munfords is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 2nd highest unemployment rate (8.16%), and poverty is far above the area average.