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 Show Me State are so lucky.
Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Missouri’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 Ladue, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Missouri according to Saturday Night Science. 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.
50.1 median age · 37.0% married households · #3 oldest in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
Ladue is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in central St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2013 census, the city had a population of 8,560.
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52.2 median age · 45.0% married households · #1 oldest in Missouri
Located in
St. Charles County, Missouri
Weldon Spring is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,443 at the 2010 census. It was the location of the largest World War 2 explosives plant and later a uranium refining faculty.
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45.7 median age · 32.0% married households · #8 oldest in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
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40.4 median age · 39.0% married households · #34 oldest in Missouri
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51.1 median age · 39.0% married households · #2 oldest in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
Sunset Hills is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,496 at the 2010 census.
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46.1 median age · 31.0% married households · #7 oldest in Missouri
Located in
Macon County, Missouri
Macon is a city in Macon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,500 at the 2012 census. It is the county seat of Macon County.
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39.3 median age · 32.0% married households · #46 oldest in Missouri
Located in
Clay County, Missouri
Kearney is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. The population per the 2010 U.S. Census was 8,381. It is most famous for being the birthplace of Jesse James, and there is an annual festival in the third weekend of September to recognize the notorious outlaw.
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44.6 median age · 35.0% married households · #10 oldest in Missouri
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42.8 median age · 50.0% married households · #15 oldest in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
Des Peres is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,373 at the 2010 census.
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48.7 median age · 28.0% married households · #4 oldest in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
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Saturday Night Science
Methodology: How we determined the boring cities in the Show Me 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 Missouri. 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. Some 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 Missouri 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 2026, and it’s our eleventh time ranking the most boring cities in Missouri.
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Detailed List Of The Most Boring Cities In Missouri For 2026
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| Rank | City | Boring Score | Population | Average Age | % Married | % Kids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ladue | 19.60 | 8,940 | 50.1 | 37.0% | 34.9% |
| 2 | Weldon Spring | 21.90 | 5,310 | 52.2 | 45.0% | 28.3% |
| 3 | Wildwood | 25.20 | 35,133 | 45.7 | 32.0% | 34.2% |
| 4 | Herculaneum | 26.50 | 5,071 | 40.4 | 39.0% | 34.6% |
| 5 | Sunset Hills | 28.30 | 9,112 | 51.1 | 39.0% | 27.6% |
| 6 | Macon | 28.60 | 5,466 | 46.1 | 31.0% | 30.8% |
| 7 | Kearney | 29.50 | 10,885 | 39.3 | 32.0% | 34.9% |
| 8 | Ste. Genevieve | 33.10 | 5,010 | 44.6 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 9 | Des Peres | 33.60 | 9,170 | 42.8 | 50.0% | 43.2% |
| 10 | Town and Country | 35.10 | 11,607 | 48.7 | 28.0% | 29.7% |
| 11 | Bridgeton | 35.20 | 11,369 | 40.9 | 26.0% | 34.3% |
| 12 | Washington | 38.60 | 15,130 | 43.1 | 37.0% | 29.1% |
| 13 | Arnold | 39.00 | 20,956 | 39.7 | 35.0% | 33.9% |
| 14 | Dardenne Prairie | 39.80 | 13,503 | 42.9 | 37.0% | 40.3% |
| 15 | Raymore | 41.30 | 24,526 | 41.1 | 31.0% | 34.5% |
| 16 | Clinton | 41.50 | 9,065 | 44.2 | 29.0% | 28.5% |
| 17 | Richmond | 41.90 | 5,959 | 40.1 | 30.0% | 29.6% |
| 18 | Smithville | 42.30 | 10,705 | 37.4 | 30.0% | 40.3% |
| 19 | Parkville | 42.60 | 8,366 | 39.4 | 29.0% | 40.7% |
| 20 | Moberly | 43.00 | 13,526 | 39.4 | 29.0% | 33.9% |
| 21 | Crestwood | 43.40 | 12,295 | 42.4 | 41.0% | 28.8% |
| 22 | Boonville | 43.70 | 7,689 | 39.1 | 32.0% | 31.3% |
| 23 | Cottleville | 44.10 | 5,937 | 41.1 | 35.0% | 29.7% |
| 24 | Sullivan | 44.60 | 6,310 | 39.4 | 27.0% | 31.7% |
| 25 | Trenton | 44.70 | 5,536 | 41.8 | 39.0% | 22.6% |
| 26 | Chesterfield | 47.50 | 49,574 | 47.2 | 26.0% | 29.0% |
| 27 | Greenwood | 48.10 | 6,013 | 41.2 | 26.0% | 34.2% |
| 28 | Eureka | 48.80 | 13,081 | 37.5 | 31.0% | 40.2% |
| 29 | Black Jack | 49.80 | 6,589 | 42.7 | 27.0% | 36.2% |
| 30 | Odessa | 50.00 | 5,620 | 40.0 | 48.0% | 29.8% |
| 31 | Savannah | 51.30 | 5,053 | 39.0 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 32 | Pacific | 51.30 | 7,475 | 39.7 | 31.0% | 21.7% |
| 33 | Chillicothe | 52.00 | 8,923 | 38.2 | 28.0% | 32.7% |
| 34 | Kirkwood | 52.20 | 29,363 | 41.8 | 33.0% | 33.1% |
| 35 | O’Fallon | 52.60 | 93,801 | 38.4 | 33.0% | 36.8% |
| 36 | Lee’s Summit | 52.80 | 103,656 | 38.8 | 30.0% | 34.7% |
| 37 | Aurora | 53.20 | 7,397 | 43.2 | 27.0% | 26.6% |
| 38 | Lake St. Louis | 53.30 | 18,066 | 42.7 | 32.0% | 28.4% |
| 39 | Ballwin | 53.40 | 31,279 | 42.6 | 30.0% | 31.7% |
| 40 | Sikeston | 53.60 | 16,320 | 38.2 | 30.0% | 31.5% |
| 41 | Battlefield | 54.00 | 6,165 | 41.8 | 32.0% | 31.2% |
| 42 | Jackson | 54.20 | 15,659 | 37.1 | 37.0% | 32.0% |
| 43 | Farmington | 54.30 | 18,282 | 38.5 | 27.0% | 33.1% |
| 44 | Perryville | 54.90 | 8,536 | 38.6 | 30.0% | 31.3% |
| 45 | Wentzville | 54.90 | 47,061 | 36.5 | 36.0% | 44.6% |
| 46 | Ellisville | 55.00 | 10,002 | 45.2 | 28.0% | 27.2% |
| 47 | St. Peters | 55.60 | 59,092 | 41.0 | 34.0% | 26.8% |
| 48 | Harrisonville | 55.70 | 9,970 | 37.2 | 28.0% | 34.4% |
| 49 | Cameron | 56.50 | 8,519 | 40.1 | 24.0% | 28.6% |
| 50 | Troy | 56.50 | 13,947 | 35.2 | 37.0% | 38.6% |
| 51 | Willard | 56.80 | 6,488 | 32.2 | 33.0% | 42.6% |
| 52 | Festus | 57.40 | 13,201 | 36.7 | 40.0% | 38.8% |
| 53 | Mexico | 57.60 | 11,477 | 37.3 | 29.0% | 26.7% |
| 54 | Liberty | 58.10 | 30,689 | 37.8 | 27.0% | 34.4% |
| 55 | Bonne Terre | 58.60 | 6,683 | 39.0 | 30.0% | 22.4% |
| 56 | Shrewsbury | 58.80 | 6,316 | 46.4 | 31.0% | 18.3% |
| 57 | Pleasant Hill | 59.50 | 8,847 | 34.7 | 33.0% | 33.4% |
| 58 | Park Hills | 59.90 | 8,678 | 33.0 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
| 59 | Excelsior Springs | 60.60 | 10,484 | 35.9 | 29.0% | 32.2% |
| 60 | Union | 61.00 | 12,781 | 33.3 | 31.0% | 36.5% |
| 61 | Belton | 61.40 | 25,008 | 36.8 | 25.0% | 34.9% |
| 62 | Manchester | 61.80 | 18,160 | 38.2 | 28.0% | 36.2% |
| 63 | Olivette | 62.00 | 8,645 | 41.3 | 23.0% | 40.0% |
| 64 | Marshfield | 62.20 | 7,696 | 36.0 | 36.0% | 32.8% |
| 65 | Blue Springs | 62.90 | 59,965 | 37.2 | 31.0% | 36.8% |
| 66 | Warrenton | 63.10 | 9,066 | 33.7 | 30.0% | 27.6% |
| 67 | Republic | 63.10 | 19,829 | 33.2 | 30.0% | 35.1% |
| 68 | Glendale | 63.30 | 6,114 | 38.8 | 36.0% | 39.5% |
| 69 | Dexter | 63.70 | 7,891 | 38.5 | 28.0% | 30.8% |
| 70 | Oak Grove | 64.10 | 8,538 | 32.6 | 36.0% | 32.5% |
| 71 | Pevely | 64.60 | 6,055 | 33.2 | 35.0% | 34.5% |
| 72 | Nevada | 64.90 | 7,925 | 39.1 | 23.0% | 23.4% |
| 73 | Kennett | 65.40 | 10,196 | 41.4 | 24.0% | 28.4% |
| 74 | Bellefontaine Neighbors | 65.50 | 10,498 | 41.9 | 24.0% | 32.5% |
| 75 | Waynesville | 66.20 | 5,442 | 32.4 | 14.0% | 36.8% |
| 76 | Lebanon | 66.60 | 15,270 | 37.4 | 19.0% | 33.3% |
| 77 | Peculiar | 66.90 | 5,958 | 32.1 | 22.0% | 49.1% |
| 78 | Gladstone | 66.90 | 27,207 | 41.9 | 22.0% | 26.6% |
| 79 | Creve Coeur | 67.30 | 18,643 | 41.5 | 21.0% | 22.0% |
| 80 | Hannibal | 67.40 | 16,771 | 38.5 | 26.0% | 28.3% |
| 81 | Nixa | 67.60 | 24,836 | 37.3 | 26.0% | 41.8% |
| 82 | Valley Park | 67.90 | 6,795 | 39.5 | 26.0% | 19.6% |
| 83 | Webster Groves | 67.90 | 23,712 | 40.3 | 29.0% | 30.8% |
| 84 | West Plains | 68.10 | 12,441 | 36.3 | 25.0% | 29.6% |
| 85 | Carl Junction | 68.60 | 8,339 | 35.9 | 25.0% | 40.5% |
| 86 | Grain Valley | 68.90 | 16,271 | 35.2 | 32.0% | 38.9% |
| 87 | Branson | 69.20 | 12,817 | 39.3 | 14.0% | 20.1% |
| 88 | St. John | 71.20 | 6,527 | 36.0 | 25.0% | 31.2% |
| 89 | Independence | 72.20 | 121,740 | 39.0 | 23.0% | 26.4% |
| 90 | Poplar Bluff | 74.50 | 16,254 | 37.3 | 24.0% | 27.2% |
| 91 | Monett | 74.90 | 9,873 | 34.0 | 20.0% | 35.6% |
| 92 | Raytown | 75.00 | 29,445 | 40.9 | 20.0% | 26.1% |
| 93 | St. Charles | 75.00 | 71,508 | 38.6 | 27.0% | 24.9% |
| 94 | Neosho | 75.90 | 13,224 | 33.0 | 18.0% | 34.3% |
| 95 | Ozark | 76.20 | 22,417 | 33.8 | 21.0% | 45.8% |
| 96 | Maryland Heights | 76.70 | 27,880 | 35.6 | 19.0% | 25.6% |
| 97 | De Soto | 77.60 | 6,470 | 31.2 | 28.0% | 35.3% |
| 98 | Sedalia | 77.80 | 22,003 | 37.3 | 25.0% | 29.2% |
| 99 | St. Robert | 78.00 | 5,356 | 32.8 | 5.0% | 32.6% |
| 100 | Fulton | 78.20 | 12,617 | 34.9 | 23.0% | 30.2% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 126 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
There You Have It – Now That You’re Asleep
On a ranking like this, there are usually no winners, but since Missouri 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.
The most boring cities in Missouri are Ladue, Weldon Spring, Wildwood, Herculaneum, Sunset Hills, Macon, Kearney, Ste. Genevieve, Des Peres, and Town and Country.
If you’re also curious enough, here are the most exciting places in Missouri, according to science.
