There’s no denying it: there are plenty of places in Arkansas that are downright beautiful and full of excitement.
Unfortunately, not all towns and cities in AR are so lucky.
Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Arkansas’s borders. You know the places: the ones 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 Cherokee Village, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Arkansas. But don’t feel bad if you’re a resident of Cherokee Village. There are plenty of other boring, lackluster places in Arkansas as well.
Here they are. Try not to jump out of your seat with excitement:
- Cherokee Village
- Bella Vista
- Bull Shoals
- Fairfield Bay
- Horseshoe Bend
- Star City
- Sheridan
- Tontitown
- Tuckerman
- Glenwood
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.
How we determined the boring cities in the Natural State
To figure out how boring a place is, we rely on a complex algorithm that factors in things we generally think make people exciting, and then we figure out which cities have the least number of those exciting people. Here are some of the things people tend to think of as making a city’s population boring:
- % of Population Over 35 (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)
- % of Households with People Over 65 (higher is more boring)
- Population density (lower is more boring)
Then, our algorithm generates several lists of the cities that have plenty of residents with high rankings in all of these categories. After a crunching of the numbers, a list of all of the cities magically appears listing them from most boring to most exciting.
For this list, we used every Arkansas city that qualified for our rankings based on having a population of at least 2,000 residents. This keeps us from prejudicing our rankings by including very small pockets of retired people.
Grab your rocker and hold on.
1. Cherokee Village
Population: 4,529
Average Age: 51.1
Married Households: 57.0%
Households Over 65: 66%
2. Bella Vista
Population: 26,875
Average Age: 52.1
Married Households: 73.4%
Households With Kids: 22.4%
3. Bull Shoals
Population: 2,042
Average Age: 61.4
Married Households: 58.2%
Households Over 65: 75%
4. Fairfield Bay
Population: 2,185
Average Age: 67.7
Married Households: 54.1%
Households Over 65: 79%
5. Horseshoe Bend
Population: 2,148
Average Age: 62.7
Married Households: 54.7%
Households With Kids: 12.7%
6. Star City
Population: 2,324
Average Age: 41.9
Married Households: 53.3%
Households With Kids: 32.3%
7. Sheridan
Population: 4,713
Average Age: 35.5
Married Households: 62.7%
Households With Kids: 44.0%
8. Tontitown
Population: 2,517
Average Age: 43.5
Married Households: 66.7%
Households With Kids: 31.9%
9. Tuckerman
Population: 2,100
Average Age: 45.4
Married Households: 53.8%
Households With Kids: 30.2%
10. Glenwood
Population: 2,780
Average Age: 37.3
Married Households: 52.7%
Households With Kids: 38.8%
Now That You’re Asleep
On a list like this, there are usually no winners, but since Arkansas isn’t necessarily the most boring state in the United States, the cities on this list can at least take solace that there are, in fact, more boring cities in the country.
Just not these cities.
Where are the most exciting places in Arkansas? They are Fayetteville, Arkadelphia, Conway, Searcy and Little Rock.
Detailed List Of Boring Cities In Arkansas
City | Rank |
---|---|
Cherokee Village | 1 |
Bella Vista | 2 |
Bull Shoals | 3 |
Fairfield Bay | 4 |
Horseshoe Bend | 5 |
Star City | 6 |
Sheridan | 7 |
Tontitown | 8 |
Tuckerman | 9 |
Glenwood | 10 |
Mountain View | 11 |
White Hall | 12 |
Hamburg | 13 |
Ashdown | 14 |
Eureka Springs | 15 |
Walnut Ridge | 16 |
Lonoke | 17 |
Lake City | 18 |
Hoxie | 19 |
Paris | 20 |
Prairie Grove | 21 |
Clinton | 22 |
Crossett | 23 |
Cave Springs | 24 |
Pea Ridge | 25 |
Mena | 26 |
West Fork | 27 |
Ozark | 28 |
Gassville | 29 |
Brinkley | 30 |
Piggott | 31 |
Atkins | 32 |
Pottsville | 33 |
Marked Tree | 34 |
Corning | 35 |
Rector | 36 |
Mountain Home | 37 |
Mayflower | 38 |
Charleston | 39 |
Heber Springs | 40 |
Pocahontas | 41 |
Bald Knob | 42 |
Vilonia | 43 |
Leachville | 44 |
Farmington | 45 |
Warren | 46 |
Cave City | 47 |
Camden | 48 |
Fordyce | 49 |
McGehee | 50 |
Lincoln | 51 |
Wynne | 52 |
Manila | 53 |
Lake Village | 54 |
Dermott | 55 |
Greenbrier | 56 |
Harrison | 57 |
Newport | 58 |
Clarksville | 59 |
Greenwood | 60 |
Gurdon | 61 |
Paragould | 62 |
Waldron | 63 |
Huntsville | 64 |
Gravette | 65 |
Booneville | 66 |
Barling | 67 |
Elkins | 68 |
Hot Springs | 69 |
Marion | 70 |
Augusta | 71 |
Danville | 72 |
Morrilton | 73 |
Prescott | 74 |
Stuttgart | 75 |
Eudora | 76 |
Batesville | 77 |
Dardanelle | 78 |
Lowell | 79 |
DeWitt | 80 |
Benton | 81 |
Haskell | 82 |
Austin | 83 |
Gentry | 84 |
Texarkana | 85 |
El Dorado | 86 |
Maumelle | 87 |
England | 88 |
Cabot | 89 |
Bethel Heights | 90 |
Berryville | 91 |
Beebe | 92 |
West Memphis | 93 |
Centerton | 94 |
Bryant | 95 |
Blytheville | 96 |
Nashville | 97 |
Lavaca | 98 |
Sherwood | 99 |
Osceola | 100 |
Dumas | 101 |
Trumann | 102 |
Green Forest | 103 |
Van Buren | 104 |
Hope | 105 |
Alma | 106 |
Earle | 107 |
Bentonville | 108 |
Malvern | 109 |
Rogers | 110 |
Alexander | 111 |
Forrest City | 112 |
De Queen | 113 |
Siloam Springs | 114 |
Marianna | 115 |
Harrisburg | 116 |
Fort Smith | 117 |
Little Flock | 118 |
Jonesboro | 119 |
Springdale | 120 |
Helena-West Helena | 121 |
Pine Bluff | 122 |
Gosnell | 123 |
Ward | 124 |
Johnson | 125 |
Jacksonville | 126 |
Monticello | 127 |
Magnolia | 128 |
Shannon Hills | 129 |
Russellville | 130 |
North Little Rock | 131 |
Bono | 132 |
Little Rock | 133 |
Searcy | 134 |
Conway | 135 |
Arkadelphia | 136 |
Fayetteville | 137 |
Your algorithm and criteria suck. You choose to ignore other extreemly important factors like amenities, income levels, and proximity.
I award you zero points and may God have mercy on your soul.
Where’s Rison
This guy is just stupid.He lives with his mom and can not get a real job so he writes a blog lol.
I have been and lived in or near a lot of these cities and or towns, and I don’t find them boring at all. Most have a lot of History connected to them, so your info is off to a bad start.
The title of this story should have read “The most boring story in media today”.
Whoever wrote this knows nothing about arkansas. I don’t see Banks, Jersey, or Hermitage on here. The cities they named actually have things you can do there.
Dumbest thing ever….sit on Thunderbird Lake and listen to all the boats and kids screaming and laughing. Your stats are because of # of elderly and or married. Wow. So dumb!
It’s called freedom of speech everyone is entitled to their own opinion just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean he’s wrong it’s not for yall to judge . Get a life people
Judge? That is such an overused cop out word. . We make judgments every day . ..if we didn’t, we’d probably be idiots
Cherokee Village is a beautiful area surrounded by trees, lakes, creeks, nature of all kinds, fishing, rivers, antiques, trails for walking and riding bikes, much history, right near Spring River for rafting, canoeing,swimming, fishing, picnics, camping areas, near Mammoth Springs with nice parks near a beautiful fish aquarium area to visit with big areas to play. Many good restaurants are available throughout the Cherokee Village areas. Cabins are are for rent on the lakes and rivers. This is not boring !! It’s relaxing beautiful life for all. Also, if you don’t own a canoe or raft, many places are near to rent. They take you and pick you up on your favorite area. There are horseback riding places in Cherokee Village the family can enjoy and a petting animal farm in the area. Music downtown Hardy outside and local restaurant music.
The pictures posted for Horseshoe Bend and Fairfield Bay aren’t even in those towns. Freedom of speech is fine….inaccurate information is not.
Go a bit south of Cherokee Village and on down to Evening Shade. Other than Burt Reyonld’s TV show, there’s even less there than there is in the village.