These Are The 10 Most Boring Places In Mississippi


We used data and science to identify which places in Mississippi are total snoozefests.

Nick Johnson, RoadSnacks
January 27, 2016 - 74,475 views
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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 MS are so lucky.

Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Mississippi’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 Quitman, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Mississippi. But don’t feel bad if you’re a resident of Quitman. 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:

  1. Quitman
  2. Union
  3. Mendenhall
  4. Iuka
  5. Baldwyn
  6. Hernando
  7. Diamondhead
  8. Collins
  9. Bay Springs
  10. Pass Christian

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.

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How we determined the boring cities in the Magnolia 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 Mississippi 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.

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1. Quitman

Boring Mississippi

Source: Public Domain

Population: 2,036
Average Age: 49.3
Married Households: 46.1%
Households With Kids: 30.2%

2. Union

Boring Mississippi

Source: Public Domain

Population: 2,163
Average Age: 37.8
Married Households: 45.6%
Households With Kids: 41.7%

3. Mendenhall

Boring Mississippi

Source: Public Domain

Population: 2,503
Average Age: 40.9
Married Households: 39.5%
Households With Kids: 38.4%

4. Iuka

Boring Mississippi

Source: wikipedia

Population: 3,022
Average Age: 40.9
Married Households: 47.5%
Households With Kids: 39.3%

5. Baldwyn

Boring Mississippi

Source: wikipedia

Population: 3,639
Average Age: 44.0
Married Households: 41.1%
Households With Kids: 31.7%

6. Hernando

Boring Mississippi

Source: wikipedia

Population: 14,437
Average Age: 36.0
Married Households: 54.2%
Households With Kids: 46.2%

7. Diamondhead

Boring Mississippi

Source: wikipedia

Population: 8,777
Average Age: 49.3
Married Households: 69.4%
Households With Kids: 26.6%

8. Collins

Boring Mississippi

Source: wikipedia

Population: 2,580
Average Age: 40.9
Married Households: 36.6%
Households With Kids: 32.5%

9. Bay Springs

Boring Mississippi

Source: Public Domain

Population: 2,037
Average Age: 37.4
Married Households: 35.9%
Households With Kids: 34.7%

10. Pass Christian

Boring Mississippi

Source: wikipedia

Population: 4,848
Average Age: 40.6
Married Households: 50.3%
Households With Kids: 27.1%

Now That You’re Asleep

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

Just not these places.

Detailed List Of Boring Cities In Mississippi

City Rank Population Average Age Married Households Households With Kids
Quitman 1 2,036 49.3 46.1% 30.2%
Union 2 2,163 37.8 45.6% 41.7%
Mendenhall 3 2,503 40.9 39.5% 38.4%
Iuka 4 3,022 40.9 47.5% 39.3%
Baldwyn 5 3,639 44.0 41.1% 31.7%
Hernando 6 14,437 36.0 54.2% 46.2%
Diamondhead 7 8,777 49.3 69.4% 26.6%
Collins 8 2,580 40.9 36.6% 32.5%
Bay Springs 9 2,037 37.4 35.9% 34.7%
Pass Christian 10 4,848 40.6 50.3% 27.1%
Corinth 11 14,733 42.5 47.8% 26.5%
Ripley 12 5,370 36.1 52.0% 35.5%
Petal 13 10,628 37.4 53.2% 38.1%
Amory 14 7,258 38.1 45.3% 34.7%
Newton 15 3,368 39.7 37.3% 31.6%
Madison 16 24,578 40.2 67.9% 42.2%
Farmington 17 2,396 34.8 51.5% 39.7%
Winona 18 4,926 37.5 41.9% 34.9%
Bay St. Louis 19 9,899 39.9 48.9% 29.5%
Waynesboro 20 5,029 38.5 40.0% 37.2%
Grenada 21 13,028 38.7 35.5% 31.2%
Aberdeen 22 5,563 41.7 28.6% 31.7%
Brandon 23 21,960 37.4 54.9% 39.1%
Lucedale 24 2,959 36.2 38.7% 32.6%
New Albany 25 8,160 34.5 50.2% 42.2%
Forest 26 5,714 35.6 38.2% 37.1%
Louisville 27 6,567 37.6 32.0% 31.8%
Moss Point 28 13,749 40.8 33.4% 23.9%
Ocean Springs 29 17,474 42.7 50.6% 28.9%
Houston 30 3,604 35.0 42.6% 41.7%
Olive Branch 31 34,050 37.1 54.0% 38.8%
Saltillo 32 4,846 35.3 65.6% 39.7%
West Point 33 11,258 34.7 42.7% 37.1%
Long Beach 34 15,102 37.4 50.6% 38.0%
Tupelo 35 35,143 36.0 47.3% 37.7%
Brookhaven 36 12,538 34.6 35.5% 42.8%
Picayune 37 10,901 37.1 42.6% 33.4%
Clinton 38 25,362 35.7 48.1% 38.0%
Waveland 39 6,487 39.5 39.4% 34.0%
Booneville 40 8,755 28.8 45.1% 39.5%
Magnolia 41 2,103 37.2 27.5% 27.3%
Fulton 42 3,966 30.7 38.0% 36.7%
Wiggins 43 4,446 34.2 33.3% 43.4%
Batesville 44 7,455 32.6 37.3% 39.1%
Florence 45 4,186 31.8 60.9% 49.0%
Philadelphia 46 7,480 36.1 39.5% 35.0%
Columbia 47 6,499 37.1 38.0% 30.3%
Eupora 48 2,244 36.2 49.5% 34.5%
Poplarville 49 2,852 26.4 33.9% 46.7%
Natchez 50 15,711 39.7 32.7% 26.3%
Gautier 51 18,539 34.7 48.2% 36.9%
McComb 52 12,814 39.3 33.0% 31.6%
Okolona 53 2,675 35.1 22.8% 32.3%
Gu 54 2,449 29.5 54.5% 49.2%
Leland 55 4,427 38.8 27.6% 35.5%
Lumberton 56 2,202 27.7 31.4% 40.6%
Pontotoc 57 5,718 31.8 33.3% 33.5%
Shelby 58 2,138 32.2 20.3% 42.9%
Rolling Fork 59 2,261 44.0 29.3% 19.9%
Greenville 60 33,928 35.7 34.1% 35.9%
Wesson 61 2,132 23.1 41.5% 39.4%
Water Valley 62 3,393 32.8 36.8% 35.4%
Southaven 63 49,728 34.1 52.7% 41.2%
Columbus 64 23,611 37.0 34.9% 29.3%
Crystal Springs 65 5,020 34.3 42.4% 38.7%
Meridian 66 41,069 34.3 34.8% 33.6%
Kosciusko 67 7,342 33.6 35.2% 38.1%
Senatobia 68 8,099 29.8 38.8% 33.4%
Byram 69 11,509 31.6 42.2% 46.5%
Pearl 70 25,850 34.5 45.1% 35.1%
Ellisville 71 4,518 29.2 29.3% 34.4%
Hazlehurst 72 3,999 36.8 32.1% 31.2%
Morton 73 3,445 32.2 30.9% 34.0%
Vicksburg 74 23,671 36.2 31.2% 31.6%
Hollandale 75 2,695 31.0 28.2% 43.5%
Ruleville 76 2,965 35.3 25.3% 33.5%
Flowood 77 8,062 30.4 43.8% 34.3%
Richland 78 6,975 31.3 48.4% 34.7%
D’Iberville 79 9,819 33.6 46.3% 40.4%
Indianola 80 10,563 33.4 30.2% 40.3%
Canton 81 13,218 31.1 31.6% 41.0%
Laurel 82 18,703 33.7 33.9% 36.3%
Fayette 83 2,218 37.3 15.3% 30.1%
Carthage 84 5,032 28.9 30.4% 43.8%
Gulfport 85 69,004 34.3 40.1% 34.5%
Rosedale 86 2,184 32.3 18.4% 38.2%
Biloxi 87 44,354 34.9 41.8% 28.9%
Magee 88 4,407 28.5 34.2% 44.8%
Charleston 89 2,171 32.2 25.0% 39.9%
Clarksdale 90 17,725 30.7 28.2% 44.6%
Pascagoula 91 22,372 35.0 41.1% 30.4%
Macon 92 2,699 34.2 30.3% 31.9%
Yazoo City 93 11,483 31.0 27.1% 44.9%
Horn Lake 94 26,350 31.2 42.1% 45.1%
Tutwiler 95 3,505 32.1 22.2% 43.3%
Greenwood 96 15,834 34.4 30.0% 35.8%
Ridgeland 97 24,171 34.2 45.6% 27.6%
Holly Springs 98 7,625 30.2 23.4% 33.5%
Cleveland 99 12,340 30.7 35.0% 31.8%
Jackson 100 173,997 31.6 29.7% 35.6%
Raymond 101 2,293 21.6 20.3% 16.9%
Moorhead 102 2,264 27.2 21.2% 44.5%
Belzoni 103 2,482 32.5 32.5% 35.5%
Tchula 104 2,071 28.0 18.5% 45.5%
Durant 105 2,630 25.8 25.8% 44.5%
Verona 106 3,046 26.9 31.3% 31.4%
Hattiesburg 107 46,716 27.5 28.6% 27.9%
Starkville 108 24,260 26.4 35.0% 24.5%
Oxford 109 19,602 25.1 27.0% 21.9%

About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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