These Are The 10 Most Boring Places In Missouri

This article is an opinion based on facts and is meant as infotainment. Don’t freak out.

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

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

Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Missouri’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 Ladue, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Missouri. But don’t feel bad if you’re a resident of Ladue. There are plenty of other boring, lackluster places in Missouri as well.

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

Ladue
Weldon Spring
Town And Country
Sunset Hills
Wildwood
Parkville
Chesterfield
Bridgeton
Des Peres
Dardenne Prairie

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 Show Me 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. We get all of our data from the U.S. Census. 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.

Source: Public Domain

Population: 11,746
Average Age: 40.2
Married Households: 70.5%
Households With Kids: 44.1%

Now That You’re Asleep

On a list like this, there are usually no winners, but since Missouri 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 Missouri

City	Rank	Population	Average Age	Married Households	Households With Kids
Ladue	1	8,519	45.1	69.2%	40.3%
Weldon Spring	2	5,482	51.2	69.7%	25.4%
Town and Country	3	10,876	51.1	65.6%	29.8%
Sunset Hills	4	8,497	49.1	59.2%	29.5%
Wildwood	5	35,568	41.5	68.7%	46.0%
Parkville	6	5,682	42.2	58.9%	41.7%
Chesterfield	7	47,568	46.3	63.1%	31.3%
Bridgeton	8	11,661	43.2	46.9%	31.0%
Des Peres	9	8,403	46.7	67.2%	30.3%
Dardenne Prairie	10	11,746	40.2	70.5%	44.1%
Ellisville	11	9,153	46.5	56.6%	29.3%
Clinton	12	9,048	43.7	46.9%	30.2%
Park Hills	13	8,721	37.2	59.5%	37.0%
Smithville	14	8,602	36.5	63.8%	40.1%
Branson	15	10,741	44.5	45.9%	21.4%
Trenton	16	6,057	42.8	50.3%	22.9%
Olivette	17	7,767	43.7	56.3%	32.0%
Lake St. Louis	18	14,618	41.2	61.2%	34.5%
Ballwin	19	30,427	40.2	61.5%	36.9%
Glendale	20	5,913	40.0	70.0%	37.8%
Eureka	21	10,270	37.4	55.9%	49.7%
Raymore	22	19,330	38.0	59.4%	42.8%
Macon	23	5,484	41.6	47.9%	28.8%
Creve Coeur	24	17,817	43.2	58.0%	26.8%
Arnold	25	20,945	40.0	58.1%	33.6%
Crestwood	26	11,937	45.2	55.2%	27.7%
Mexico	27	11,533	36.2	49.7%	33.8%
Sikeston	28	16,511	37.3	47.5%	33.4%
Kirkwood	29	27,541	44.5	55.8%	26.6%
Richmond	30	5,746	38.1	47.7%	31.7%
Lee’s Summit	31	91,758	36.9	58.5%	39.1%
Carl Junction	32	7,446	34.9	59.6%	48.2%
Webster Groves	33	23,022	40.6	55.4%	32.6%
Jackson	34	13,999	38.2	55.3%	32.3%
Washington	35	13,994	39.2	54.4%	33.4%
Kearney	36	8,637	33.3	58.5%	46.0%
Liberty	37	29,533	36.8	52.5%	36.3%
Harrisonville	38	10,012	36.8	46.8%	37.6%
Dexter	39	7,869	38.3	49.0%	29.4%
Aurora	40	7,508	34.9	56.7%	35.4%
Chillicothe	41	8,708	39.7	45.0%	28.9%
Lebanon	42	14,558	36.9	44.5%	33.2%
Willard	43	5,333	29.9	64.8%	46.7%
Marshfield	44	6,714	34.8	47.0%	38.0%
Excelsior Springs	45	11,308	35.9	47.4%	35.8%
Carthage	46	14,301	32.5	46.9%	43.8%
Kennett	47	11,138	38.2	46.8%	32.3%
Monett	48	8,904	34.0	53.3%	36.7%
Battlefield	49	5,647	34.8	65.8%	39.7%
Pleasant Hill	50	8,122	33.7	54.9%	43.1%
Nevada	51	8,653	37.4	38.1%	30.0%
Hannibal	52	17,844	37.8	45.8%	30.3%
Poplar Bluff	53	17,172	39.2	43.3%	28.4%
Manchester	54	18,152	38.2	55.9%	32.8%
Republic	55	15,002	32.6	59.0%	42.9%
Desloge	56	5,013	40.9	47.4%	26.4%
Perryville	57	8,264	35.4	51.6%	35.2%
Waynesville	58	5,017	34.6	53.4%	34.9%
Neosho	59	11,990	32.4	48.7%	33.5%
Odessa	60	5,249	31.7	58.8%	43.7%
Gladstone	61	25,755	40.3	48.8%	26.3%
Blue Springs	62	52,776	36.0	56.0%	38.9%
Festus	63	11,662	36.0	48.2%	36.0%
Charleston	64	5,886	36.1	33.8%	32.9%
Black Jack	65	6,913	38.0	29.9%	37.9%
West Plains	66	12,125	34.6	48.3%	31.3%
Independence	67	116,881	39.4	46.1%	28.5%
Wentzville	68	30,334	32.7	66.3%	48.1%
St. Peters	69	53,589	37.8	55.6%	33.1%
Nixa	70	19,461	34.1	58.6%	43.8%
Ozark	71	18,092	32.8	59.5%	41.7%
Boonville	72	8,317	35.3	42.5%	31.8%
Jefferson City	73	43,202	37.5	43.5%	30.7%
Savannah	74	5,076	38.0	50.3%	30.0%
O’Fallon	75	80,617	34.3	60.1%	44.8%
Raytown	76	29,513	39.7	45.0%	31.5%
Greenwood	77	5,249	31.1	61.6%	51.7%
Sullivan	78	7,625	30.8	46.5%	35.3%
Oak Grove	79	7,745	31.7	53.0%	45.6%
Bowling Green	80	5,393	35.1	39.3%	39.2%
Florissant	81	52,335	38.9	44.8%	30.7%
Warrenton	82	7,934	30.7	45.2%	42.3%
St. John	83	6,500	40.1	36.9%	37.6%
Moberly	84	13,925	35.7	39.2%	32.6%
Troy	85	10,833	32.5	50.0%	43.7%
Shrewsbury	86	6,232	41.5	38.6%	17.6%
Pacific	87	6,046	36.5	44.0%	30.3%
Joplin	88	50,766	35.9	46.0%	28.7%
Sedalia	89	21,402	35.6	46.5%	31.1%
Belton	90	23,163	32.5	49.5%	41.7%
Marshall	91	13,039	33.1	42.1%	33.8%
Caruthersville	92	6,128	35.1	38.4%	30.3%
Cameron	93	10,136	36.9	31.7%	29.7%
St. Joseph	94	76,984	35.7	43.1%	31.5%
Grain Valley	95	12,843	31.0	54.9%	48.0%
Bolivar	96	10,398	29.8	45.3%	30.0%
Union	97	10,347	35.0	46.6%	30.1%
Farmington	98	16,886	36.8	41.2%	30.0%
Bellefontaine Neighbors	99	10,849	36.6	34.1%	39.7%
De Soto	100	6,451	34.5	34.1%	35.9%
Webb City	101	10,983	31.5	43.7%	36.1%
St. Charles	102	66,361	36.4	46.7%	28.8%
Overland	103	16,041	36.4	41.6%	31.8%
Hazelwood	104	25,691	34.9	42.6%	31.9%
Fulton	105	12,750	31.9	33.5%	28.9%
Valley Park	106	6,968	35.5	46.8%	28.7%
Bonne Terre	107	6,975	34.5	25.5%	34.6%
Richmond Heights	108	8,569	38.2	46.8%	19.6%
Pevely	109	5,505	34.8	41.4%	29.1%
University City	110	35,305	37.2	39.5%	23.9%
Maryland Heights	111	27,432	35.3	45.5%	25.8%
Kansas City	112	462,378	35.0	40.5%	29.4%
St. Ann	113	13,011	36.8	38.7%	25.7%
Grandview	114	24,673	33.2	43.0%	32.5%
Ferguson	115	21,164	34.3	34.6%	35.2%
Berkeley	116	9,106	31.4	30.8%	37.6%
Cape Girardeau	117	38,296	31.9	42.6%	28.3%
Jennings	118	14,755	34.6	26.3%	30.5%
Dellwood	119	5,016	30.4	33.5%	49.7%
Brentwood	120	8,031	36.0	43.5%	20.2%
Clayton	121	15,862	33.4	44.5%	25.4%
Springfield	122	161,189	32.9	37.8%	24.0%
Maplewood	123	8,015	37.0	34.1%	16.1%
Kirksville	124	17,520	23.8	31.2%	24.7%
Rolla	125	19,672	26.0	35.1%	23.7%
St. Louis	126	318,955	34.2	28.7%	24.4%
Columbia	127	111,145	26.6	36.4%	26.8%
Warrensburg	128	19,332	24.1	34.6%	27.0%
Maryville	129	12,000	22.9	28.0%	17.3%