The 10 Most Boring Places In Mississippi For 2025


The most boring places in Mississippi are Brandon and Amory for 2025 based on Saturday Night Science.

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

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

Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Mississippi’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 Brandon, 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 Brandon. There are plenty of other boring, lackluster places in Mississippi as well.

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


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


The 10 Most Boring Places In Mississippi

  1. Brandon
  2. Amory
  3. Leakesville
  4. Louisville
  5. Brookhaven
  6. Byram
  7. Madison
  8. New Albany
  9. Richland
  10. Moss Point

Most Boring Places In Mississippi Map

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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The 10 Most Boring Places In Mississippi For 2025

Brandon, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Ditch Fisher | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Population: 25,352
Average Age: 42.5
% Married: 40.0%
More on Brandon: Data

Amory, MS

Source: Wikipedia User No machine-readable author provided. Fingers-of-Pyrex~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). | CC BY-SA 2.5
Overall SnackAbility

3
/10
Population: 6,564
Average Age: 40.7
% Married: 37.0%
More on Amory: Data

3. Leakesville

Overall SnackAbility

3
/10
Population: 5,564
Average Age: 43.6
% Married: 17.0%
More on Leakesville:

Louisville, MS

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 6,018
Average Age: 42.1
% Married: 27.0%
More on Louisville: Data

Brookhaven, MS

Source: Flickr User jayperk | CC BY-ND 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 11,656
Average Age: 42.6
% Married: 26.0%
More on Brookhaven: Data

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10
Population: 12,847
Average Age: 37.6
% Married: 38.0%
More on Byram: Data

Madison, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Pmsyyz | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Population: 27,775
Average Age: 40.8
% Married: 40.0%
More on Madison: Data

New Albany, MS

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 7,661
Average Age: 38.1
% Married: 27.0%
More on New Albany: Data

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 7,250
Average Age: 37.2
% Married: 35.0%
More on Richland: Data

Moss Point, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Chris Pruitt | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 12,066
Average Age: 42.5
% Married: 23.0%
More on Moss Point: Data

Methodology: How we determined the boring cities in the Magnolia 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 Mississippi. 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 Mississippi 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 2025, and it’s our tenth time ranking the most boring cities in Mississippi.

There You Have It – Now That You’re Asleep

On a ranking like this, there are usually no winners, but since Mississippi 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.

The most boring cities in Mississippi are Brandon, Amory, Leakesville, Louisville, Brookhaven, Byram, Madison, New Albany, Richland, and Moss Point.

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

  1. Starkville
  2. Oxford
  3. Hattiesburg

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Detailed List Of The Most Boring Cities In Mississippi For 2025

Rank City Population Average Age % Married % Kids
1 Brandon, MS 25,352 42.5 40.0% 33.5%
2 Amory, MS 6,564 40.7 37.0% 30.1%
3 Leakesville, MS 5,564 43.6 17.0% 33.5%
4 Louisville, MS 6,018 42.1 27.0% 31.7%
5 Brookhaven, MS 11,656 42.6 26.0% 26.1%
6 Byram, MS 12,847 37.6 38.0% 32.2%
7 Madison, MS 27,775 40.8 40.0% 38.5%
8 New Albany, MS 7,661 38.1 27.0% 34.8%
9 Richland, MS 7,250 37.2 35.0% 35.7%
10 Moss Point, MS 12,066 42.5 23.0% 28.1%
11 Flowood, MS 10,384 36.8 33.0% 27.6%
12 Petal, MS 11,195 37.2 33.0% 40.7%
13 Hernando, MS 17,580 38.9 17.0% 42.0%
14 Ripley, MS 5,415 40.0 33.0% 26.6%
15 Corinth, MS 14,450 46.1 22.0% 20.3%
16 Gautier, MS 19,026 38.9 21.0% 34.4%
17 Bay St. Louis, MS 9,971 52.8 22.0% 21.3%
18 Forest, MS 5,365 38.2 24.0% 35.2%
19 Waveland, MS 7,066 41.6 17.0% 32.5%
20 Tupelo, MS 37,825 38.4 29.0% 29.6%
21 Grenada, MS 12,484 38.0 25.0% 24.2%
22 West Point, MS 9,967 36.8 27.0% 30.3%
23 Clinton, MS 27,418 37.0 30.0% 34.8%
24 Batesville, MS 7,432 34.0 32.0% 38.4%
25 Pontotoc, MS 5,717 33.9 23.0% 38.6%
26 Pearl, MS 27,458 36.6 30.0% 28.3%
27 Holly Springs, MS 6,861 42.1 16.0% 24.3%
28 Pass Christian, MS 5,942 41.3 16.0% 26.6%
29 Philadelphia, MS 7,030 41.8 22.0% 28.5%
30 Senatobia, MS 8,306 30.9 26.0% 39.7%
31 Booneville, MS 9,060 34.5 28.0% 30.7%
32 Vicksburg, MS 20,944 39.0 22.0% 23.8%
33 Diamondhead, MS 9,338 52.2 15.0% 19.1%
34 Ocean Springs, MS 18,561 42.7 20.0% 27.5%
35 D’iberville, MS 13,033 38.3 21.0% 35.5%
36 Columbia, MS 5,804 39.6 21.0% 29.0%
37 Meridian, MS 34,466 39.4 21.0% 27.0%
38 Olive Branch, MS 46,538 37.6 12.0% 36.6%
39 Natchez, MS 14,207 39.1 22.0% 31.4%
40 Greenville, MS 28,833 38.4 25.0% 28.3%
41 Picayune, MS 11,839 39.3 11.0% 33.1%
42 Indianola, MS 9,360 35.4 24.0% 36.8%
43 Columbus, MS 23,616 39.6 18.0% 23.0%
44 Ridgeland, MS 24,548 35.5 23.0% 28.4%
45 Kosciusko, MS 6,994 33.7 24.0% 37.2%
46 Long Beach, MS 16,876 39.8 19.0% 28.7%
47 Canton, MS 10,863 35.0 19.0% 23.5%
48 Southaven, MS 55,531 35.6 14.0% 40.4%
49 Gulfport, MS 72,533 36.7 16.0% 30.8%
50 Biloxi, MS 49,011 36.7 15.0% 32.4%
51 Laurel, MS 17,129 35.6 22.0% 29.5%
52 Clarksdale, MS 14,423 34.6 23.0% 33.9%
53 Cleveland, MS 10,855 34.7 24.0% 34.0%
54 Mccomb, MS 12,202 36.0 21.0% 27.4%
55 Pascagoula, MS 21,812 34.6 20.0% 35.3%
56 Greenwood, MS 13,983 35.4 21.0% 29.2%
57 Jackson, MS 149,827 34.7 22.0% 27.6%
58 Horn Lake, MS 26,622 34.8 16.0% 33.4%
59 Hattiesburg, MS 48,507 28.7 16.0% 27.8%
60 Oxford, MS 26,086 30.6 18.0% 19.2%
61 Starkville, MS 25,611 26.3 15.0% 20.2%
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.

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2 thoughts on “The 10 Most Boring Places In Mississippi For 2025

  1. The variables you used to come up with this is absolutely flawed. If I were going to publish information saying a town is boring, I would visit the town. Population , marriages and kids doesn’t tell you what is boring. Shopping, entertainment , activities , beauty of the town, and community living and working together makes my town of Baldwyn an unbelievable place to live and visit. I am originally from Bay Springs and it is also a great little town.

  2. Just as I suspected, this is a ruse! Quitman is a pretty boring town, but they could at least find a real picture! I’ve lived here all my life, and plan to die here, but the buildings in this picture are not to be found in my beloved hometown.

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