These Are The 10 Most Boring Places In Oklahoma


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

Nick Johnson, RoadSnacks
January 27, 2016 - 71,483 views
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There’s no denying it: there are plenty of places in Oklahoma that are downright beautiful and full of excitement.

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

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

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

  1. Tuttle
  2. Newcastle
  3. Blanchard
  4. Lone Grove
  5. Choctaw
  6. Piedmont
  7. Grove
  8. Purcell
  9. Duncan
  10. Henryetta

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 Sooner 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 used the U.S. Census data to gather the information. 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 Oklahoma city that qualified for our rankings based on having a population of 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.

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1. Tuttle

Boring Oklahoma

Source: Public Domain

Population: 6,141
Average Age: 39.8
Married Households: 65.6%
Households With Kids: 36.5%

2. Newcastle

Boring Oklahoma

Source: Public Domain

Population: 8,028
Average Age: 38.4
Married Households: 58.0%
Households With Kids: 39.9%

3. Blanchard

Boring Oklahoma

Source: Public Domain

Population: 7,522
Average Age: 39.8
Married Households: 64.2%
Households With Kids: 41.0%

4. Lone Grove

Boring Oklahoma

Source: Public Domain

Population: 5,091
Average Age: 39.5
Married Households: 53.1%
Households With Kids: 33.6%

5. Choctaw

Boring Oklahoma

Source: Public Domain

Population: 11,419
Average Age: 39.3
Married Households: 62.1%
Households With Kids: 34.6%

6. Piedmont

Boring Oklahoma

Source: Public Domain

Population: 5,999
Average Age: 37.8
Married Households: 66.5%
Households With Kids: 47.7%

7. Grove

Boring Oklahoma

Source: Public Domain

Population: 6,643
Average Age: 53.6
Married Households: 58.8%
Households With Kids: 20.5%

8. Purcell

Boring Oklahoma

Source: wikipedia

Population: 6,175
Average Age: 39.6
Married Households: 60.1%
Households With Kids: 34.0%

9. Duncan

Boring Oklahoma

Source: wikipedia

Population: 23,373
Average Age: 39.1
Married Households: 53.3%
Households With Kids: 28.5%

10. Henryetta

Boring Oklahoma

Source: wikipedia

Population: 5,885
Average Age: 37.8
Married Households: 45.5%
Households With Kids: 36.3%

Now That You’re Asleep

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

Now that you’re done reading this, you should watch an amazing video of Oklahoma City that’s making the rounds on social media. Click here to watch it.

Detailed List Of Boring Cities In Oklahoma

City Rank Population Average Age Married Households Households With Kids
Tuttle 1 6,141 39.8 65.6% 36.5%
Newcastle 2 8,028 38.4 58.0% 39.9%
Blanchard 3 7,522 39.8 64.2% 41.0%
Lone Grove 4 5,091 39.5 53.1% 33.6%
Choctaw 5 11,419 39.3 62.1% 34.6%
Piedmont 6 5,999 37.8 66.5% 47.7%
Grove 7 6,643 53.6 58.8% 20.5%
Purcell 8 6,175 39.6 60.1% 34.0%
Duncan 9 23,373 39.1 53.3% 28.5%
Henryetta 10 5,885 37.8 45.5% 36.3%
Tecumseh 11 6,518 37.0 47.4% 39.4%
Perry 12 5,107 39.0 56.3% 33.4%
Yukon 13 23,580 37.0 57.9% 36.6%
Wagoner 14 8,461 37.0 47.8% 37.1%
Sapulpa 15 20,662 38.9 48.9% 32.6%
Harrah 16 5,272 36.1 52.3% 38.8%
Poteau 17 8,535 39.0 50.6% 27.2%
Bixby 18 21,719 35.1 66.2% 42.4%
Noble 19 6,545 31.9 57.8% 45.0%
Pryor Creek 20 9,529 36.9 52.8% 31.1%
Ardmore 21 24,553 36.2 45.4% 33.7%
Pauls Valley 22 6,084 40.1 42.2% 31.5%
El Reno 23 17,219 37.4 40.8% 32.3%
Sallisaw 24 8,789 37.3 47.2% 33.2%
Bartlesville 25 36,035 38.7 52.1% 31.3%
Seminole 26 7,485 33.7 45.1% 35.7%
Coweta 27 9,549 35.8 51.1% 36.7%
Jenks 28 17,560 34.2 63.5% 45.3%
Collinsville 29 5,808 33.1 58.6% 43.8%
Ponca City 30 25,152 37.8 50.3% 30.4%
Broken Arrow 31 100,464 36.0 59.4% 40.7%
Sand Springs 32 19,243 34.2 56.0% 39.0%
Catoosa 33 7,284 32.4 53.6% 40.6%
Enid 34 49,675 35.9 49.9% 32.0%
Vinita 35 5,666 40.7 39.4% 26.9%
Holdenville 36 5,712 35.8 39.3% 36.3%
Hugo 37 5,298 37.5 39.6% 29.1%
Edmond 38 83,390 35.7 56.0% 34.6%
Blackwell 39 7,032 39.4 45.0% 27.3%
Muskogee 40 39,073 35.9 45.2% 33.8%
Mustang 41 18,064 34.0 57.5% 42.2%
Miami 42 13,667 36.0 45.6% 31.6%
Skiatook 43 7,602 31.2 47.3% 41.5%
Chickasha 44 16,167 35.1 47.3% 31.8%
Guthrie 45 10,502 35.1 41.0% 29.3%
Anadarko 46 6,781 31.6 36.4% 42.4%
McAlester 47 18,424 37.6 42.1% 35.1%
Glenpool 48 11,117 31.9 53.8% 45.8%
Owasso 49 30,558 33.6 57.9% 43.6%
Idabel 50 7,002 32.8 38.1% 38.1%
Okmulgee 51 12,441 37.3 35.0% 29.9%
Shawnee 52 30,324 33.5 45.2% 33.1%
Elk City 53 12,059 33.2 48.4% 34.7%
Cushing 54 7,848 32.7 47.2% 36.6%
Guymon 55 11,742 31.4 56.8% 40.0%
Claremore 56 18,777 35.1 47.7% 32.9%
Altus 57 19,720 32.6 52.6% 35.5%
The Village 58 9,061 38.3 45.2% 21.6%
Clinton 59 9,196 32.3 48.0% 36.4%
Woodward 60 12,262 33.3 50.5% 30.9%
Warr Acres 61 10,193 36.6 43.7% 33.5%
Oklahoma City 62 590,995 33.6 47.8% 33.3%
Moore 63 56,460 32.3 54.0% 40.5%
Del City 64 21,620 34.7 41.1% 35.3%
Midwest City 65 55,396 35.7 46.7% 30.5%
Durant 66 16,282 30.5 42.6% 30.4%
Bethany 67 19,255 34.6 43.2% 30.4%
Ada 68 16,978 31.6 37.4% 32.5%
Tulsa 69 393,709 34.9 43.3% 30.5%
Lawton 70 97,147 30.1 43.8% 36.7%
Norman 71 113,743 30.2 41.9% 27.8%
Tahlequah 72 16,033 27.2 36.8% 27.7%
Weatherford 73 11,155 24.6 41.2% 28.9%
Stillwater 74 46,194 23.7 32.0% 21.1%

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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