1 Area in Missouri Among America’s Top 10 Most Abandoned Places

How abandoned is it in one particular Missouri place? There are 20 empty schools there and nearly 1 in ever 4 homes are vacant. That's why it has just been ranked as one of the top 10 most abandoned places in America.

This ranking just shared by 24/7 Wall St is based on the most recent full year home data which revealed the most abandoned zip codes in the country. Here are some numbers from a Missouri zip code that is among the top 10:

• 932 empty homes, or 22.70% of all homes
• Population decline in the past decade: -17.4%
• Median Home value - $72,000

What is this place? St. Louis with zip code 63113 

There are only 8 other zip codes in America experiencing more abandonment of buildings than this area in the heart of Saint Louis, Missouri. A year ago, there was a documentary about the Saint Louis inner city asking how the country gave up on this place. Hard to argue with that description.

The zip code of 63113 in St. Louis is not the only one in the metro area that made this most abandoned list as there are several others, but it's the worst of the worst for empty places in the middle of a huge city.

This is one of the strangest views I've seen of Saint Louis with the iconic arch in the distance, but a wasteland of empty buildings in the foreground.