The 10 Worst Winston-Salem Suburbs

The 10 Worst Winston-Salem Suburbs To Live For 2024

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

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

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

This city is 22.6 miles to Winston-Salem. Income levels here are the 3rd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $41,148 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 Winston-Salem suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Lexington 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 Winston-Salem suburbs.

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

If you live in Spencer, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 13th lowest Winston-Salem suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 3rd worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Winston-Salem. Remember, we looked at 25 cities for this study.

Spencer is about 29.4 miles to downtown.

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

All snarkiness aside, Madison has the 4th lowest home values in the metro Winston-Salem area, where the median price is $198,186. The median income is $148,182.

Madison has an unemployment rate of 7.6% which ranks 5th worst.

Thomasville has 27,130 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 20.650742900131654%.

Ah, Mocksville. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Winston-Salem.

It’s the place with the 9th most out of work residents in the Winston-Salem metro area (5.87%).

High Point is a city about 17.2 miles from Winston-Salem, but Winston-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. High Point has the 8th most uninsured people, 11th worst incomes, and has the 8th highest unemployment rate (6.16%) in the entire Winston-Salem metro area.

Homes only cost $229,659 for a reason. That’s cheap for Winston-Salem standards.

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

About 5.68% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Winston-Salem suburbs to call home is Walnut Cove.

Located 14.9 miles outside the city, Walnut Coves is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 14th highest unemployment rate (4.21%), and poverty is far above the area average.