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There’s no denying it: there are plenty of places in Tennessee that are downright beautiful and full of excitement.
Unfortunately, not all towns and cities in TN are so lucky.
Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Tennessee’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 Forest Hills, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Tennessee. But don’t feel bad if you’re a resident of Forest Hills. There are plenty of other boring, lackluster places in Tennessee as well.
Here they are. Try not to jump out of your seat with excitement:
- Forest Hills
- Walden
- Pegram
- Oak Hill
- Sweetwater
- Estill Springs
- Centerville
- Caryville
- Plainview
- Ridgetop
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.
By the way, where are the most exciting cities in Tennessee? They are Martin, Knoxville, Cookeville, Nashville and Murfreesboro. That sounds about right.
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How we determined the boring cities in the Volunteer 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 Tennessee 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. Forest Hills
Population: 4,865
Average Age: 47.1
Married Households: 71.9%
Households With Kids: 32.8%
2. Walden
Population: 2,197
Average Age: 46.8
Married Households: 66.7%
Households With Kids: 38.0%
3. Pegram
Population: 2,310
Average Age: 42.7
Married Households: 61.9%
Households With Kids: 37.2%
4. Oak Hill
Population: 4,584
Average Age: 44.9
Married Households: 72.9%
Households With Kids: 31.4%
5. Sweetwater
Population: 5,839
Average Age: 47.5
Married Households: 55.3%
Households With Kids: 29.6%
6. Estill Springs
Population: 2,168
Average Age: 46.1
Married Households: 58.4%
Households With Kids: 26.9%
7. Centerville
Population: 3,615
Average Age: 52.7
Married Households: 49.3%
Households With Kids: 17.4%
8. Caryville
Population: 2,457
Average Age: 43.2
Married Households: 55.1%
Households With Kids: 32.5%
9. Plainview
Population: 2,103
Average Age: 41.2
Married Households: 60.5%
Households With Kids: 34.6%
10. Ridgetop
Population: 2,267
Average Age: 41.1
Married Households: 62.0%
Households With Kids: 39.7%
Now That You’re Asleep
On a list like this, there are usually no winners, but since Tennessee isn’t necessarily the most boring state in the United States, 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 to Exciting Cities In Tennessee
City | Rank |
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Forest Hills | 1 |
Walden | 2 |
Pegram | 3 |
Oak Hill | 4 |
Sweetwater | 5 |
Estill Springs | 6 |
Centerville | 7 |
Caryville | 8 |
Plainview | 9 |
Ridgetop | 10 |
Soddy-Daisy | 11 |
Belle Meade | 12 |
Mount Carmel | 13 |
Loudon | 14 |
Huntingdon | 15 |
Louisville | 16 |
Gatlinburg | 17 |
Mountain City | 18 |
Germantown | 19 |
Farragut | 20 |
Unicoi | 21 |
Signal Mountain | 22 |
Lakeland | 23 |
Lakesite | 24 |
Brentwood | 25 |
Thompson’s Station | 26 |
Coope | 27 |
Dunlap | 28 |
Bean Station | 29 |
Pigeon Forge | 30 |
Decherd | 31 |
Camden | 32 |
Winchester | 33 |
South Pittsburg | 34 |
Livingston | 35 |
Oak Ridge | 36 |
Harriman | 37 |
Kingston Springs | 38 |
Lexington | 39 |
Oliver Springs | 40 |
Jellico | 41 |
Kingsport | 42 |
Hartsville/Trousdale County | 43 |
Erwin | 44 |
Trenton | 45 |
Crossville | 46 |
Jasper | 47 |
Church Hill | 48 |
Rockwood | 49 |
Kingston | 50 |
Sparta | 51 |
Bristol | 52 |
Monterey | 53 |
Etowah | 54 |
South Fulton | 55 |
Pleasant View | 56 |
Maynardville | 57 |
Algood | 58 |
Westmoreland | 59 |
New Tazewell | 60 |
Parsons | 61 |
Waverly | 62 |
Mosheim | 63 |
Humboldt | 64 |
Hohenwald | 65 |
Alamo | 66 |
Fairview | 67 |
Greenfield | 68 |
Tazewell | 69 |
Waynesboro | 70 |
Munford | 71 |
Spring City | 72 |
Bartlett | 73 |
Oneida | 74 |
Tullahoma | 75 |
Clinton | 76 |
Newport | 77 |
Dresden | 78 |
Lawrenceburg | 79 |
Selmer | 80 |
Greenbrier | 81 |
Atoka | 82 |
Collierville | 83 |
Harrogate | 84 |
White House | 85 |
Lafayette | 86 |
Arlington | 87 |
Manchester | 88 |
Dyersburg | 89 |
Newbern | 90 |
Clifton | 91 |
Rogersville | 92 |
Madisonville | 93 |
Greeneville | 94 |
Fayetteville | 95 |
Mount Pleasant | 96 |
Oakland | 97 |
White Bluff | 98 |
Bolivar | 99 |
Hendersonville | 100 |
Collegedale | 101 |
Dandridge | 102 |
Goodlettsville | 103 |
Somerville | 104 |
Millersville | 105 |
Benton | 106 |
Maryville | 107 |
Millington | 108 |
Paris | 109 |
Smithville | 110 |
Nolensville | 111 |
Savannah | 112 |
Tusculum | 113 |
White Pine | 114 |
Union City | 115 |
Elizabethton | 116 |
Sevierville | 117 |
Englewood | 118 |
Dickson | 119 |
Lebanon | 120 |
Franklin | 121 |
Ashland City | 122 |
Portland | 123 |
Jonesborough | 124 |
McMinnville | 125 |
Bells | 126 |
Dyer | 127 |
Halls | 128 |
Alcoa | 129 |
Woodbury | 130 |
Medina | 131 |
Gallatin | 132 |
Spring Hill | 133 |
Mount Juliet | 134 |
Athens | 135 |
Ridgely | 136 |
Carthage | 137 |
Covington | 138 |
Morristown | 139 |
Brighton | 140 |
Milan | 141 |
Lewisburg | 142 |
Pulaski | 143 |
La Follette | 144 |
La Vergne | 145 |
Tiptonville | 146 |
Ripley | 147 |
Shelbyville | 148 |
Lenoir City | 149 |
Smyrna | 150 |
Clarksville | 151 |
McKenzie | 152 |
Columbia | 153 |
East Ridge | 154 |
Springfield | 155 |
Dayton | 156 |
Brownsville | 157 |
Whiteville | 158 |
Chattanooga | 159 |
Henderson | 160 |
Cleveland | 161 |
Jefferson City | 162 |
Jackson | 163 |
Johnson City | 164 |
Red Bank | 165 |
Memphis | 166 |
Murfreesboro | 167 |
Nashville | 168 |
Cookeville | 169 |
Knoxville | 170 |
Martin | 171 |