The 10 Worst Sunnyvale Suburbs

The 10 Worst Sunnyvale Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

And in the world of worst rankings, Hayward beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 5th worst in the Sunnyvale area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 3rd 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 Hayward.

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

This city is 28.7 miles to Sunnyvale. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $94,389 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 Sunnyvale suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see San Leandro 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 Sunnyvale suburbs.

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

If you live in East Palo Alto, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 4th lowest Sunnyvale 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 Sunnyvale. Remember, we looked at 43 cities for this study.

East Palo Alto is about 8.1 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Brisbane has the 6th lowest home values in the metro Sunnyvale area, where the median price is $1,134,881. The median income is $250,001.

Brisbane has an unemployment rate of 9.88% which ranks worst.

Santa Cruz has 61,367 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 18.671540110226573%.

Ah, San Jose. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Sunnyvale.

It’s the place with the 14th most out of work residents in the Sunnyvale metro area (4.75%).

Alameda is a city about 27.7 miles from Sunnyvale, but Sunnyvale 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. Alameda has the 18th most uninsured people, 8th worst incomes, and has the 8th highest unemployment rate (5.06%) in the entire Sunnyvale metro area.

Homes only cost $1,192,032 for a reason. That’s cheap for Sunnyvale standards.

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

About 2.04% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Sunnyvale suburbs to call home is Newark.

Located 8.2 miles outside the city, Newarks is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 19th highest unemployment rate (4.51%), and poverty is far above the area average.