The 10 Most Boring Places In Mississippi For 2023


The most boring places in Mississippi are Brandon and Richland for 2023 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.

The 10 Most Boring Places In Mississippi

  1. Brandon
  2. Richland
  3. Amory
  4. Brookhaven
  5. Byram
  6. Flowood
  7. Madison
  8. Waveland
  9. Gautier
  10. New Albany

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 Mississippi For 2023

Brandon, MS

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

7
/10
Population: 25,142
Average Age: 41.3
% Married: 40.0%
More on Brandon: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Richland, MS

Source: Wikipedia User Kevin magee | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 7,208
Average Age: 37.1
% Married: 34.0%
More on Richland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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: 6,642
Average Age: 41.2
% Married: 35.0%
More on Amory: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Brookhaven, MS

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

5
/10
Population: 11,714
Average Age: 42.0
% Married: 26.0%
More on Brookhaven: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Byram, MS

Source: Wikipedia User FlickreviewR 2 | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10
Population: 12,922
Average Age: 36.2
% Married: 33.0%
More on Byram: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Flowood, MS

Source: Wikipedia User | CC-BY-SA-2.5
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 10,204
Average Age: 35.4
% Married: 33.0%
More on Flowood: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Madison, MS

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

7.5
/10
Population: 27,595
Average Age: 40.6
% Married: 40.0%
More on Madison: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Waveland, MS

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 7,075
Average Age: 44.1
% Married: 16.0%
More on Waveland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Gautier, MS

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

4
/10
Population: 19,007
Average Age: 40.4
% Married: 21.0%
More on Gautier: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

New Albany, MS

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 7,657
Average Age: 38.1
% Married: 28.0%
More on New Albany: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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 2023, 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.

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

  1. Oxford
  2. Starkville
  3. Hattiesburg

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Detailed List Of The Most Boring Cities In Mississippi For 2023

Rank City Population Average Age % Married % Kids
1 Brandon, MS 25,142 41.3 40.0% 34.8%
2 Richland, MS 7,208 37.1 34.0% 34.5%
3 Amory, MS 6,642 41.2 35.0% 30.4%
4 Brookhaven, MS 11,714 42.0 26.0% 28.1%
5 Byram, MS 12,922 36.2 33.0% 37.7%
6 Flowood, MS 10,204 35.4 33.0% 32.5%
7 Madison, MS 27,595 40.6 40.0% 39.9%
8 Waveland, MS 7,075 44.1 16.0% 34.8%
9 Gautier, MS 19,007 40.4 21.0% 32.6%
10 New Albany, MS 7,657 38.1 28.0% 34.3%
11 Moss Point, MS 12,173 41.5 24.0% 27.4%
12 Philadelphia, MS 7,065 43.0 28.0% 23.9%
13 Bay St. Louis, MS 9,788 51.6 22.0% 27.3%
14 Batesville, MS 7,464 36.5 32.0% 38.0%
15 Tupelo, MS 37,939 38.3 31.0% 31.0%
16 Ripley, MS 5,440 39.0 34.0% 28.2%
17 Louisville, MS 6,061 39.9 25.0% 31.0%
18 Corinth, MS 14,520 42.1 20.0% 21.5%
19 West Point, MS 10,063 37.7 27.0% 27.6%
20 Pearl, MS 27,255 36.0 32.0% 32.2%
21 Clinton, MS 27,668 36.5 29.0% 36.1%
22 Pontotoc, MS 5,676 33.4 24.0% 35.5%
23 Pass Christian, MS 5,802 41.1 16.0% 27.7%
24 Petal, MS 11,047 36.2 28.0% 37.5%
25 Grenada, MS 12,594 37.1 30.0% 24.0%
26 Leakesville, MS 5,463 42.7 15.0% 21.9%
27 Forest, MS 5,416 36.4 25.0% 30.0%
28 Hernando, MS 17,262 36.1 18.0% 41.6%
29 Ocean Springs, MS 18,417 41.5 19.0% 29.9%
30 Holly Springs, MS 6,942 40.6 16.0% 26.3%
31 Diamondhead, MS 9,360 50.8 14.0% 21.5%
32 Meridian, MS 34,990 37.9 22.0% 28.7%
33 Booneville, MS 9,027 34.5 26.0% 31.8%
34 Senatobia, MS 8,288 30.1 22.0% 40.7%
35 Olive Branch, MS 45,938 38.2 13.0% 36.4%
36 Picayune, MS 11,804 38.3 13.0% 34.7%
37 Columbia, MS 5,831 40.1 21.0% 21.3%
38 Greenville, MS 29,495 38.7 25.0% 27.1%
39 D’iberville, MS 12,922 38.4 19.0% 30.4%
40 Long Beach, MS 16,809 41.0 17.0% 28.3%
41 Laurel, MS 17,241 37.6 25.0% 27.7%
42 Indianola, MS 9,572 34.0 30.0% 36.9%
43 Vicksburg, MS 21,337 37.6 21.0% 24.1%
44 Kosciusko, MS 7,056 36.2 22.0% 34.4%
45 Natchez, MS 14,380 39.6 22.0% 28.0%
46 Columbus, MS 23,896 38.5 18.0% 22.4%
47 Gulfport, MS 72,524 36.1 17.0% 33.6%
48 Canton, MS 10,951 35.6 18.0% 22.1%
49 Biloxi, MS 49,141 36.7 16.0% 31.7%
50 Southaven, MS 54,908 35.4 14.0% 40.5%
51 Ridgeland, MS 24,618 35.4 23.0% 26.3%
52 Mccomb, MS 12,295 36.8 20.0% 24.7%
53 Cleveland, MS 11,082 33.8 25.0% 32.9%
54 Clarksdale, MS 14,769 35.4 20.0% 32.7%
55 Jackson, MS 153,271 34.1 23.0% 28.7%
56 Pascagoula, MS 21,904 34.8 19.0% 33.0%
57 Greenwood, MS 14,242 35.2 21.0% 27.6%
58 Horn Lake, MS 26,652 35.5 15.0% 32.9%
59 Hattiesburg, MS 48,466 28.5 16.0% 26.5%
60 Starkville, MS 24,274 27.0 19.0% 21.8%
61 Oxford, MS 25,713 27.7 16.0% 20.8%
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 2023

  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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