The 10 Most Boring Places In Louisiana For 2023


The most boring places in Louisiana are Central and Covington for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

There’s no denying it: there are plenty of places in Louisiana that are downright beautiful and full of excitement.

Unfortunately, not all towns and cities in Pelican State are so lucky.

Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Louisiana’s’ borders. You know the places where everyone has an AARP card and the most exciting thing they do all day is post a picture of their grandchild on Facebook.

Like Central, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Oklahoma according to Saturday Night Science. But don’t feel bad if you’re a resident of Central. There are plenty of other boring, lackluster places in Louisiana as well.

Here they are. Try not to jump out of your seat with excitement.

Don’t freak out, in fact, believe it not, a boring city is actually one a lot of people would like to call home.

Before you get all upset if your city’s name is on the list, rest assured that we didn’t use personal opinion when it comes to what classifies a city or town as “boring” or “exciting”. We crunched actual numbers to figure out which towns are statistically more boring.

Showing this data to you is the kind of thing that a real estate agent knows, but would never share.

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Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


The 10 Most Boring Places In Louisiana For 2023

Central, LA

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Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 29,518
Average Age: 38.8
% Married: 44.0%
More on Central: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Covington, LA

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Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Population: 11,444
Average Age: 38.7
% Married: 35.0%
More on Covington: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Scott, LA

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Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 8,271
Average Age: 44.1
% Married: 36.0%
More on Scott: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Jennings, LA

Source: Wikipedia User Richard Byrd | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

4
/10
Population: 9,819
Average Age: 37.1
% Married: 37.0%
More on Jennings: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Breaux Bridge, LA

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Overall SnackAbility

3
/10
Population: 7,544
Average Age: 39.0
% Married: 32.0%
More on Breaux Bridge: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Mandeville, LA

Source: Wikipedia User Infrogmation of New Orleans | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Population: 13,194
Average Age: 45.1
% Married: 32.0%
More on Mandeville: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Oakdale, LA

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Overall SnackAbility

4
/10
Population: 6,701
Average Age: 42.1
% Married: 26.0%
More on Oakdale: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Youngsville, LA

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Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Population: 15,990
Average Age: 33.8
% Married: 56.0%
More on Youngsville: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Broussard, LA

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Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 13,322
Average Age: 32.9
% Married: 46.0%
More on Broussard: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Franklin, LA

Source: Wikipedia User Piccor | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 6,666
Average Age: 39.5
% Married: 32.0%
More on Franklin: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How we determined the boring cities in the Pelican State

You would present the following case to your friends if you were argueing with them at a bar about the most boring place to live in Louisiana. And that’s why we call it Saturday Night Science.

Because our data speaks more truth than feelings.

To figure out how boring a place is, we factored in things we generally think make people exciting, and then we figure out which cities have the least number of those exciting people.

We used the U.S. American Community Census data to gather the information presented here. HSome of the things people tend to think of as making a city’s population boring include:

  • % of Population Over 25 (higher is more boring)
  • % of Married Household (higher is more boring)
  • Average Age (higher is more boring)
  • % of Households With Kids (higher is more boring)
  • Population density (lower is more boring)

Then, our algorithm generates a ranking for each place in these categories. After crunching the numbers, all of the cities ranked from most boring to most exciting.

For this ranking, we used every Louisiana city with at least 5,000 residents. This keeps us from prejudicing our rankings by including very small pockets of retired people.

Grab your rocker and hold on.

We updated this article for 2023, and it’s our tenth time ranking the most boring cities in Louisiana.

There You Have It – Now That You’re Asleep

On a ranking like this, there are usually no winners, but since Louisiana isn’t necessarily the most boring state in the United States, the cities on this ranking can at least take solace that there are, in fact, more boring cities in the country.

If you’re also curious enough, here are the most exciting places in Louisiana, according to science:

  1. Baton Rouge
  2. Ruston
  3. Natchitoches

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Detailed List Of The Most Boring Cities In Louisiana For 2023

Rank City Population Average Age % Married % Kids
1 Central, LA 29,518 38.8 44.0% 34.7%
2 Covington, LA 11,444 38.7 35.0% 35.1%
3 Scott, LA 8,271 44.1 36.0% 25.6%
4 Jennings, LA 9,819 37.1 37.0% 36.6%
5 Breaux Bridge, LA 7,544 39.0 32.0% 37.3%
6 Mandeville, LA 13,194 45.1 32.0% 31.9%
7 Oakdale, LA 6,701 42.1 26.0% 33.2%
8 Youngsville, LA 15,990 33.8 56.0% 49.5%
9 Broussard, LA 13,322 32.9 46.0% 43.2%
10 Franklin, LA 6,666 39.5 32.0% 29.7%
11 Zachary, LA 19,401 33.3 42.0% 46.5%
12 Bogalusa, LA 10,689 39.1 22.0% 35.8%
13 Ponchatoula, LA 7,805 45.7 32.0% 22.5%
14 Plaquemine, LA 6,218 43.4 47.0% 31.5%
15 Minden, LA 11,789 39.5 30.0% 29.1%
16 St. Gabriel, LA 6,526 34.8 18.0% 33.8%
17 Carencro, LA 10,194 33.3 36.0% 33.4%
18 Addis, LA 6,779 30.1 45.0% 31.9%
19 Gonzales, LA 12,356 36.8 31.0% 26.6%
20 Harahan, LA 9,043 47.7 40.0% 17.8%
21 St. Martinville, LA 5,447 48.5 28.0% 14.8%
22 Slidell, LA 28,690 38.7 26.0% 33.1%
23 Houma, LA 33,094 35.7 37.0% 34.6%
24 Deridder, LA 9,850 38.1 20.0% 29.5%
25 Walker, LA 6,359 35.3 27.0% 29.9%
26 Sulphur, LA 21,286 38.9 30.0% 29.1%
27 Marksville, LA 5,034 33.9 24.0% 34.0%
28 Alexandria, LA 45,133 37.4 23.0% 31.8%
29 West Monroe, LA 12,987 35.5 24.0% 29.4%
30 Denham Springs, LA 9,393 36.7 24.0% 28.5%
31 Crowley, LA 11,726 40.3 34.0% 27.0%
32 Westwego, LA 8,466 47.2 27.0% 18.9%
33 Rayne, LA 7,223 35.4 38.0% 29.3%
34 Kenner, LA 65,785 38.4 24.0% 30.0%
35 New Iberia, LA 28,363 34.9 31.0% 36.6%
36 Pineville, LA 14,357 34.9 22.0% 35.4%
37 Lake Charles, LA 82,430 35.7 30.0% 26.2%
38 Eunice, LA 9,440 35.5 31.0% 32.8%
39 Patterson, LA 5,868 31.9 37.0% 39.1%
40 Baker, LA 12,463 32.8 29.0% 34.6%
41 Shreveport, LA 186,183 37.1 23.0% 27.0%
42 Lafayette, LA 121,706 36.9 30.0% 24.9%
43 Gretna, LA 17,640 39.0 18.0% 28.1%
44 Donaldsonville, LA 6,799 29.2 30.0% 38.6%
45 Leesville, LA 5,681 35.0 12.0% 27.3%
46 New Orleans, LA 380,408 37.9 18.0% 21.7%
47 Abbeville, LA 11,213 33.1 23.0% 35.2%
48 Bastrop, LA 9,623 33.8 23.0% 31.7%
49 Ville Platte, LA 6,364 37.6 22.0% 28.4%
50 Grambling, LA 5,315 21.8 14.0% 34.0%
51 Opelousas, LA 15,810 33.8 21.0% 34.6%
52 Monroe, LA 47,631 34.3 20.0% 29.1%
53 Thibodaux, LA 15,738 33.5 32.0% 24.6%
54 Tallulah, LA 6,290 35.1 17.0% 32.3%
55 Hammond, LA 20,239 26.8 19.0% 31.9%
56 Natchitoches, LA 17,908 26.6 17.0% 25.2%
57 Ruston, LA 22,282 23.6 16.0% 21.3%
58 Baton Rouge, LA 225,500 31.9 19.0% 23.9%
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

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13 thoughts on “The 10 Most Boring Places In Louisiana For 2023

  1. The author of this article assumes that older age equals boring and that children are a great source of entertainment. My definition for boring is uninteresting. I have met some older people who are much more interesting than some younger people and I do not find that to be a general rule in life. I suspect that the author is young and has not spent much time around older people. Boring might be uneducated, melancholy, unsociable, unresourceful or no activity but it has little to do with age in my opinion.

  2. I myself like “boring” places because of the peace and quiet and would love to live in a “boring” town! I guess I’m “boring”.

  3. I grew up in Central and can assure you it really is boring. It’s all church or church related activities at the snobbiest, ultra religious and uber hypocritical churches in the state. Or it’s Central High or Central Private football, which include lots of after game drinking by the players, cheerleaders and rich kids. These are rarely busted by the police. There are a few parades each year. That’s about it. Though Ms. V’s snowball stand holds the title of the best snowballs in the nation.

  4. Places like Mandeville and Denham Springs are entertainment mecca compared to where I live (Pineville) or how about Winnsboro or Jonesboro? Those towns have no bars, nothing but fast food, no clubs- zero adult entertainment! But there’s a church on most every block- if that gets your heart pumping…..

  5. I am in Alexandria, and I go EVERYWHERE with my dad; in LA, of course, and I have to say, Alexandria is more boring than these places… AL is just so… Dystopian.

  6. As for me, I go to just about everyplace in LA with my dad, and I have to say. I live in Alexandria, and it’s much more boring than those places because there are hotels everywhere, but no attractions. And, given that, THOSE places are much more interesting than that of Alexandria. AL is so… dystopian. Go downtown and you will find some futureless drughead any 3 blocks you move. And, No one else is as happy as my family. They all seem like they want to kill on sight. No KID is interesting because they ALL are o their phones AT ALL TIMES! And I talk too much sorry.

  7. I agree, Alexandria is so annoyingly mundane. There’s literally nothing to do for someone my age and my peers. I definitely will not be staying down here for college. And locals wonder why you people leave all the time.

  8. ….no SHEEET…allllla these places are BEYOND ‘boring’/mundane…as a person who has lived ALL over the US,& was ‘sentenced’to a year in Denham, may I reiterate that it is,indeed, BEYOND ‘boring’, except if you crave fatty fast-food ‘restaurants’, the ‘high culture’ of a Wal-Mart, and nothing else beyond that…NEVER again…!

  9. I’m noticing some inconsistencies with the data explained in the algorithm and the results. From what I’m seeing, an older average age = more boring, however Gretna, Westwego, and Harahan are called “most exciting” yet they have the oldest average ages. Am I misunderstanding? Thanks!

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