The 10 Most Boring Places In Minnesota For 2023


The most boring places in Minnesota are Corcoran and Dayton for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

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

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

Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Minnesota’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 Corcoran, 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 Corcoran. There are plenty of other boring, lackluster places in Minnesota 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 Minnesota For 2023

Corcoran, MN

Source: Flickr User Ann Forstie | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 6,549
Average Age: 43.4
% Married: 44.0%
More on Corcoran: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Dayton, MN

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 7,745
Average Age: 41.1
% Married: 43.0%
More on Dayton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Ham Lake, MN

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 16,489
Average Age: 42.9
% Married: 48.0%
More on Ham Lake: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Minnetrista, MN

Source: Wikipedia User Elkman | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Population: 8,347
Average Age: 42.5
% Married: 42.0%
More on Minnetrista: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

North Oaks, MN

Source: Wikipedia User Bobak Ha’Eri | CC BY 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Population: 5,193
Average Age: 48.1
% Married: 39.0%
More on North Oaks: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Oak Grove, MN

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 8,956
Average Age: 43.7
% Married: 48.0%
More on Oak Grove: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Lino Lakes, MN

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Population: 21,525
Average Age: 42.4
% Married: 44.0%
More on Lino Lakes: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Orono, MN

Source: Flickr User Tony Webster | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 8,223
Average Age: 46.0
% Married: 38.0%
More on Orono: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

East Bethel, MN

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 11,901
Average Age: 40.3
% Married: 48.0%
More on East Bethel: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Medina, MN

Source: Flickr User Tony Webster | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Population: 6,746
Average Age: 39.2
% Married: 46.0%
More on Medina: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How we determined the boring cities in the North Star 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 Minnesota. 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota.

There You Have It – Now That You’re Asleep

On a ranking like this, there are usually no winners, but since Minnesota 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 Minnesota, according to science:

  1. Mankato
  2. Minneapolis
  3. Northfield

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Detailed List Of The Most Boring Cities In Minnesota For 2023

Rank City Population Average Age % Married % Kids
1 Corcoran, MN 6,549 43.4 44.0% 37.9%
2 Dayton, MN 7,745 41.1 43.0% 37.9%
3 Ham Lake, MN 16,489 42.9 48.0% 34.1%
4 Minnetrista, MN 8,347 42.5 42.0% 44.2%
5 North Oaks, MN 5,193 48.1 39.0% 39.1%
6 Oak Grove, MN 8,956 43.7 48.0% 28.2%
7 Lino Lakes, MN 21,525 42.4 44.0% 32.0%
8 Orono, MN 8,223 46.0 38.0% 34.5%
9 East Bethel, MN 11,901 40.3 48.0% 28.4%
10 Medina, MN 6,746 39.2 46.0% 47.5%
11 North Branch, MN 10,968 39.9 42.0% 30.9%
12 Wyoming, MN 8,037 40.4 46.0% 37.2%
13 Mendota Heights, MN 11,642 47.0 37.0% 28.2%
14 Hugo, MN 15,831 38.6 45.0% 31.4%
15 Lake Elmo, MN 11,861 40.9 37.0% 38.7%
16 Shorewood, MN 7,722 48.0 30.0% 36.6%
17 Fairmont, MN 10,411 46.0 35.0% 23.4%
18 Andover, MN 32,639 39.3 42.0% 42.1%
19 Hermantown, MN 10,135 38.0 40.0% 40.5%
20 Hibbing, MN 16,167 42.5 34.0% 22.3%
21 Victoria, MN 10,681 39.4 33.0% 43.4%
22 Grand Rapids, MN 11,158 43.2 31.0% 23.9%
23 Inver Grove Heights, MN 35,673 41.4 33.0% 29.1%
24 Little Falls, MN 9,084 40.8 35.0% 27.1%
25 Litchfield, MN 6,598 45.3 32.0% 27.6%
26 Rosemount, MN 25,993 37.8 36.0% 41.0%
27 Rogers, MN 13,283 37.2 45.0% 50.9%
28 Belle Plaine, MN 7,363 38.5 36.0% 41.6%
29 Red Wing, MN 16,627 42.4 32.0% 23.9%
30 Virginia, MN 8,415 42.8 30.0% 25.7%
31 Forest Lake, MN 20,553 37.9 37.0% 31.0%
32 Otsego, MN 20,455 34.6 41.0% 45.4%
33 St. Michael, MN 18,648 35.7 41.0% 46.2%
34 Baxter, MN 8,668 43.5 31.0% 24.5%
35 Ramsey, MN 27,774 36.9 38.0% 35.6%
36 Mahtomedi, MN 8,073 43.6 37.0% 31.8%
37 Carver, MN 5,656 36.9 38.0% 47.5%
38 St. Francis, MN 8,198 34.4 40.0% 42.3%
39 Cottage Grove, MN 39,274 36.8 37.0% 41.6%
40 International Falls, MN 5,795 47.7 27.0% 20.5%
41 Elk River, MN 25,936 35.7 33.0% 36.1%
42 Prior Lake, MN 27,608 39.4 34.0% 40.0%
43 Montevideo, MN 5,350 42.0 31.0% 28.4%
44 Champlin, MN 23,666 41.3 35.0% 32.9%
45 Hastings, MN 22,063 42.3 34.0% 28.9%
46 Redwood Falls, MN 5,091 39.9 39.0% 24.2%
47 Minnetonka, MN 53,529 42.5 29.0% 26.5%
48 Albertville, MN 7,883 36.9 45.0% 40.9%
49 Vadnais Heights, MN 12,864 40.8 34.0% 25.9%
50 Albert Lea, MN 18,434 44.2 27.0% 26.6%
51 Maple Grove, MN 70,110 40.6 31.0% 34.9%
52 Shoreview, MN 26,846 45.2 32.0% 26.0%
53 Delano, MN 6,539 36.1 40.0% 40.2%
54 Chanhassen, MN 25,868 40.6 28.0% 34.5%
55 Hutchinson, MN 14,588 41.9 36.0% 22.2%
56 Plymouth, MN 79,918 40.7 28.0% 32.3%
57 Waseca, MN 9,208 39.2 33.0% 36.3%
58 Buffalo, MN 16,288 39.2 37.0% 33.5%
59 Anoka, MN 17,892 40.1 31.0% 31.4%
60 Fergus Falls, MN 14,108 42.0 27.0% 20.1%
61 Owatonna, MN 26,400 40.0 35.0% 29.9%
62 Golden Valley, MN 22,142 45.8 27.0% 23.3%
63 Stillwater, MN 19,316 41.8 32.0% 30.6%
64 Eden Prairie, MN 63,623 39.5 25.0% 36.2%
65 Lakeville, MN 70,696 36.5 33.0% 44.3%
66 Chaska, MN 27,764 37.2 33.0% 38.1%
67 White Bear Lake, MN 24,317 42.0 32.0% 27.8%
68 Cambridge, MN 9,726 37.8 30.0% 29.1%
69 Edina, MN 53,037 44.8 27.0% 27.6%
70 Detroit Lakes, MN 9,966 40.2 28.0% 26.1%
71 Blaine, MN 70,047 37.6 32.0% 37.2%
72 Waconia, MN 12,993 36.9 37.0% 41.6%
73 New Prague, MN 8,155 35.3 44.0% 43.2%
74 Mound, MN 9,272 44.6 29.0% 23.4%
75 Savage, MN 32,441 37.5 30.0% 39.1%
76 Kasson, MN 6,855 34.5 40.0% 47.2%
77 Crookston, MN 7,472 39.4 27.0% 27.9%
78 Alexandria, MN 14,400 37.9 31.0% 24.6%
79 New Ulm, MN 14,055 38.9 36.0% 25.1%
80 Glencoe, MN 5,712 37.6 35.0% 27.8%
81 Farmington, MN 23,487 35.1 32.0% 46.8%
82 Bloomington, MN 89,244 41.8 27.0% 24.6%
83 La Crescent, MN 5,352 42.8 13.0% 23.2%
84 Waite Park, MN 8,290 40.7 26.0% 24.7%
85 Cloquet, MN 12,559 35.5 29.0% 32.5%
86 Oakdale, MN 28,029 41.0 30.0% 28.8%
87 Byron, MN 6,373 36.6 32.0% 41.7%
88 Eagan, MN 68,262 38.7 28.0% 30.8%
89 North Mankato, MN 14,238 37.4 35.0% 31.5%
90 Monticello, MN 14,447 34.1 34.0% 38.4%
91 Faribault, MN 24,418 38.7 23.0% 31.2%
92 Zimmerman, MN 6,243 32.3 34.0% 43.9%
93 Coon Rapids, MN 63,296 39.2 28.0% 30.4%
94 Woodbury, MN 75,549 38.0 27.0% 37.6%
95 Thief River Falls, MN 8,871 37.6 31.0% 26.5%
96 New Hope, MN 21,620 41.4 22.0% 28.5%
97 Stewartville, MN 6,684 33.9 36.0% 42.0%
98 St. Anthony, MN 9,332 41.0 26.0% 24.7%
99 Isanti, MN 6,850 32.1 31.0% 35.7%
100 Little Canada, MN 10,624 41.3 24.0% 24.1%
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.

If you've been looking for a place to live in the past several years, you've probably stumbled upon his writing already.

You can find out more about him on LinkedIn or his website.

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