25. Wilmington, Delaware
The struggle of balancing income with expenses in Wilmington definitely takes a toll on 18,000 of its 71,455 residents who live in poverty with the burden of high costs of goods and services draining most of their annual household income. As with other cities with a large population of people unable to afford basic necessities, crime poses a big problem. Wilmington ranks as one of the most dangerous cities to live in in the United States, with a violent crime rate beating the national average four-fold.
