The 10 Worst Salem Suburbs For 2023

The 10 Worst Salem Suburbs To Live For 2023

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

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

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

This city is 27.7 miles to Salem. Income levels here are the lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $48,889 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 Salem suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Woodburn 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 Salem suburbs.

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

If you live in Dayton, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 14th lowest Salem suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Salem. Remember, we looked at 29 cities for this study.

Dayton is about 20.6 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Sheridan has the 2nd lowest home values in the metro Salem area, where the median price is $215,100. The median income is $109,263.

Sheridan has an unemployment rate of 7.07% which ranks 8th worst.

Mount Angel has 3,397 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 11.294765840220384%.

Ah, Jefferson. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Salem.

It’s the place with the 2nd most out of work residents in the Salem metro area (10.59%).

Gervais is a city about 14.1 miles from Salem, but Salem 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. Gervais has the 2nd most uninsured people, 2worst incomes, and has the 5th highest unemployment rate (7.82%) in the entire Salem metro area.

Homes only cost $249,800 for a reason. That’s cheap for Salem standards.

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

About 7.51% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Salem suburbs to call home is Monmouth.

Located 11.2 miles outside the city, Monmouths is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 2highest unemployment rate (3.97%), and poverty is far above the area average.