These American Cities Are Getting Poorer

2. Baltimore, Maryland

Significant crime rates, a poor livability score, and an unemployment rate that is higher than the national average are all signs that life in Baltimore isn’t easy. Its poorer neighborhoods have fewer amenities, including grocery stores, access to healthy foods, housing upgrades, and medical care. New businesses are unwilling to invest in these deteriorating neighborhoods due to high levels of crime and the issues that generally occur in poorer areas of the city.

• Change in per capita income: $8,462
• Change in median household income: -$12,595
• Change in population: -291,059
• Change in poverty rate: 92.92%