We used data and science to identify the neighborhoods in San Antonio that are the real pits.

Editor’s Note: This article is an opinion based on facts and is meant as infotainment. Don’t freak out we updated this article for 2020. This is our fifth time ranking the worst neighborhoods to live in San Antonio.

San Antonio’s neighborhoods conjure up too many stereotypes to count. You’ve got hipster areas, preppy places, neighborhoods where college kids thrive, and of course, ghettos.

It seems as if there’s a neighborhood for everyone in San Antonio.

And while the city consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in the country thanks in part to a strong economy and tons of entertainment, it’s not all rainbows and sunshine in San Antonio. Some neighborhoods aren’t as great as others.

So the question arises, which San Antonio neighborhoods are the worst, and which are the best?

Today, we’ll use science and data to determine which San Antonio hoods need a little tender loving care – the sore thumbs of the San Antonio area if you will. Realistically, you can’t expect all the neighborhoods to be amazing, although Elm Creek ranks way above the rest.

We examined 317 of San Antonio’s neighborhoods to find out the worst places to live. These places don’t quite measure up to San Antonio’s reputation.

So what’s the worst neighborhood to live in San Antonio for 2020? According to the most recent census data, Dellcrest Forrest looks to be the worst neighborhood in San Antonio.

Read on to see how we determined the places around San Antonio that need a pick-me-up. And remember, don’t blame the messenger.

Once you’re done, you can look at the bottom of the story for a complete chart of every neighborhood we looked at from worst to best.

Looking for places to avoid outside of the city? You can also check out the worst suburbs of San Antonio.

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How we determined the worst San Antonio hoods in 2020

To figure out how bad a place is to live in, we only needed to know what kinds of things people like and then decide what places have the least amount of those things. We threw the following criteria into this analysis in order to get the best, most complete results possible. We used this set of criteria for each neighborhood in San Antonio:

High unemployment (Less jobs)

Low median income (Less pay)

Low population density (No things to do)

Low home values (No one’s willing to pay to live here)

High crime (Estimated)

Then, we ranked each neighborhood in San Antonio, Texas for each of these criteria from worst to best.

Next, we averaged the individual rankings for each criteria into a “Worst Score”.

The neighborhood with the lowest “Worst Score” ranks as the worst neighborhood of San Antonio.

Read on below to learn more about these terrible places around San Antonio to live. Or skip to the end to see the list of all 317 neighborhoods ranked from worst to best.

This list is a scientific analysis based on real data and is completely unbiased. Hold on to your pants.

The ‘hoods around San Antonio that are really hoods

Well there you have it — the worst of the neighborhoods in San Antonio with Dellcrest Forrest landing at the bottom of the pack.

As we mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in San Antonio aren’t all bad. Elm Creek takes the cake as the best place to live in San Antonio.

We ranked the neighborhoods from worst to best in the chart below.

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