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City of Cumberland worst place to live in NJ, according to data

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City of Cumberland worst place to live in NJ, according to data

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A study that ranked the worst place to live in each state based on 22 factors named the Cumberland County town of Bridgeton as the worst place to live in New Jersey.

Factors include poverty, access to affordable housing, and rates of addiction and crime. The data was pulled from the US Census Bureau, the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and was reported by 24/7 Wall St.

The South Jersey city of 27,000 has a poverty rate of 35.1 percent, well above the state average rate of 9.8 percent. The median home price there is about a third of the state average. The 24/7 Wall St. studio. he also noted the city’s drug-induced death rate of 53 deaths per 100,000 residents, compared to the statewide rate of 33.

The worst places to live in every state

Here are the worst places to live in each state with their poverty rates:

  • Alabama: Atmore (36.9%)
  • Alaska: Tanaina (10.9%)
  • Arizona: New Kingman-Butler (23.3%)
  • Arkansas: Helena-West Helena (43.0%)
  • California: East Bakersfield (44.8%)
  • Colorado: Clifton (17.6%)
  • Connecticut: Thompsonville (23.7%)
  • Delaware: Smyrna (13.8%)
  • Florida: Beverly Hills (27.6%)
  • Georgia: Fort Valley (33.5%)
  • Hawaii: Makaha (31.2%)
  • Idaho: Blackfoot (13.9%)
  • Illinois: Cahokia (35.4%)
  • Indiana: Lake Station (18.1%)
  • Iowa: Denison (25.2%)
  • Kansas: Augusta (11.4%)
  • Kentucky: Somerset (30.6%)
  • Louisiana: Bastrop (44.0%)
  • Maine: Brewer (15.5%)
  • Maryland: Hagerstown (25.5%)
  • Massachusetts: Holyoke (26.5%)
  • Michigan: Beecher (32.4%)
  • Minnesota: Cambridge (8.4%)
  • Mississippi: Yazoo City (39.1%)
  • Missouri: Troy (10.8%)
  • Montana: Helena Valley Southeast (15.4%)
  • Nebraska: Lexington (15.4%)
  • Nevada: Pahrump (14.4%)
  • New Hampshire: Claremont (16.7%)
  • New Jersey: Bridgeton (35.1%)
  • New Mexico: Spanish (19.9%)
  • New York: Amsterdam (23.8%)
  • North Carolina: Oxford (24.0%)
  • North Dakota: Dickinson (12.3%)
  • Ohio: East Liverpool (29.0%)
  • Oklahoma: Poteau (22.5%)
  • Oregon: Sutherlin (14.7%)
  • Pennsylvania: Uniontown (24.8%)
  • Rhode Island: Central Falls (24.9%)
  • South Carolina: Lancaster (35.5%)
  • South Dakota: Huron (14.5%)
  • Tennessee: Bloomingdale’s (20.9%)
  • Texas: Eidson Road (34.8%)
  • Utah: Price (17.1%)
  • Vermont: Barre (23.7%)
  • Virginia: Bellwood (20.4%)
  • Washington: Kelso (21.1%)
  • West Virginia: Bluefield (20.6%)
  • Wisconsin: Two Rivers (9.0%)
  • Wyoming: Riverton (13.5%)

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