The 10 Worst Plano Suburbs

The 10 Worst Plano Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Seagoville beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 5th worst in the Plano area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 5th 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 Seagoville.

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

This city is 28.2 miles to Plano. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $39,929 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 Plano suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Balch Springs 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 Plano suburbs.

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

If you live in Pilot Point, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 8th lowest Plano 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 Plano. Remember, we looked at 72 cities for this study.

Pilot Point is about 26.6 miles to downtown.

Cockrell Hill has the distinction of being a Plano suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Cockrell Hill has the lowest home values in the metro Plano area, where the median price is $217,279. The median income is $250,001.

Cockrell Hill has an unemployment rate of 8.79% which ranks worst.

Dallas has 1,300,642 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 17.535500071913642%.

Ah, Garland. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Plano.

It’s the place with the 14th most out of work residents in the Plano metro area (5.17%).

Duncanville is a city about 29.6 miles from Plano, but Plano 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. Duncanville has the 8th most uninsured people, 7th worst incomes, and has the 5th highest unemployment rate (7.62%) in the entire Plano metro area.

Homes only cost $280,157 for a reason. That’s cheap for Plano standards.

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

About 4.72% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Plano suburbs to call home is Josephine.

Located 25.0 miles outside the city, Josephines is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 36th highest unemployment rate (3.99%), and poverty is far above the area average.