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 Sooner State are so lucky.
Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within Oklahoma’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 Blanchard, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Oklahoma according to Saturday Night Science. But don’t feel bad if you’re a resident of Blanchard. 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.
39.6 median age · 37.0% married households · #9 oldest in Oklahoma
Located in
McClain County, Oklahoma
Blanchard is a city in McClain and Grady counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 7,670 at the 2010 census, up from 2,816 at the 2000 census. Blanchard is part of a rapidly growing area of northern McClain and Grady counties known as the “Tri-City Area” with Newcastle and Tuttle.
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42.4 median age · 42.0% married households · #2 oldest in Oklahoma
Located in
Grady County, Oklahoma
Tuttle is a city in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 6,019 with the close of the 2010 census, seeing a 40.2% increase from 4,294 at the close of the 2000 census.
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38.4 median age · 39.0% married households · #14 oldest in Oklahoma
Located in
McClain County, Oklahoma
Newcastle is a city in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States, and part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 7,685 at the 2010 census.
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37.9 median age · 34.0% married households · #16 oldest in Oklahoma
Located in
Kingfisher County, Oklahoma
Piedmont is a city primarily in Canadian County, Oklahoma, though a small part of it is in Kingfisher County. It is a part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 5,720 at the 2010 census, a 56.7 percent increase from 3,650 at the 2000 census. Piedmont is a home rule city served by a council-manager government.
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38.9 median age · 30.0% married households · #12 oldest in Oklahoma
Located in
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Choctaw is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It is the oldest chartered town in Oklahoma. The city is located approximately 10 miles east of Oklahoma City and is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.
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39.9 median age · 29.0% married households · #4 oldest in Oklahoma
Located in
Stephens County, Oklahoma
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38.7 median age · 29.0% married households · #13 oldest in Oklahoma
Located in
Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Noble is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 6,481 at the 2010 census. Noble is Cleveland County’s third-largest city behind Norman and Moore.
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34.9 median age · 38.0% married households · #44 oldest in Oklahoma
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35.1 median age · 27.0% married households · #40 oldest in Oklahoma
Located in
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Collinsville is a city in Rogers and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and a part of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for Dr. A. H. Collins, an engineer and surveyor who first surveyed the land that became this community. The population was 5,606 according to the 2010 census, an increase of 37.5 percent from 4,077 at the 2000 census.
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34.9 median age · 31.0% married households · #44 oldest in Oklahoma
Lone Grove is a city in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 5,054 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Micropolitan Statistical Area of Ardmore.
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Methodology: How we determined the boring cities in the Sooner 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 Oklahoma. 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma.
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Detailed List Of The Most Boring Cities In Oklahoma For 2026
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| Rank | City | Boring Score | Population | Average Age | % Married | % Kids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blanchard | 7.20 | 9,215 | 39.6 | 37.0% | 39.1% |
| 2 | Tuttle | 9.20 | 8,040 | 42.4 | 42.0% | 33.2% |
| 3 | Newcastle | 10.20 | 13,001 | 38.4 | 39.0% | 35.5% |
| 4 | Piedmont | 11.00 | 8,342 | 37.9 | 34.0% | 36.9% |
| 5 | Choctaw | 11.70 | 12,303 | 38.9 | 30.0% | 40.4% |
| 6 | Duncan | 18.00 | 22,958 | 39.9 | 29.0% | 30.7% |
| 7 | Noble | 19.40 | 7,493 | 38.7 | 29.0% | 29.9% |
| 8 | Verdigris | 21.10 | 5,637 | 34.9 | 38.0% | 41.0% |
| 9 | Collinsville | 23.50 | 8,878 | 35.1 | 27.0% | 38.8% |
| 10 | Lone Grove | 23.60 | 5,125 | 34.9 | 31.0% | 35.6% |
| 11 | Yukon | 24.00 | 25,529 | 39.7 | 24.0% | 32.1% |
| 12 | Henryetta | 25.20 | 5,608 | 39.7 | 30.0% | 28.3% |
| 13 | Coweta | 25.20 | 10,433 | 35.0 | 31.0% | 38.0% |
| 14 | Kingfisher | 25.30 | 5,026 | 42.2 | 24.0% | 32.7% |
| 15 | Sapulpa | 25.80 | 22,570 | 39.8 | 27.0% | 29.8% |
| 16 | Catoosa | 26.10 | 7,496 | 37.6 | 23.0% | 31.7% |
| 17 | Mustang | 27.60 | 22,192 | 39.1 | 25.0% | 35.0% |
| 18 | Bixby | 27.60 | 30,155 | 36.4 | 25.0% | 42.8% |
| 19 | Wagoner | 27.70 | 8,082 | 36.5 | 26.0% | 30.4% |
| 20 | Ardmore | 27.80 | 24,877 | 36.3 | 23.0% | 33.5% |
| 21 | Harrah | 28.00 | 6,684 | 33.3 | 30.0% | 38.5% |
| 22 | El Reno | 28.20 | 18,557 | 34.8 | 21.0% | 34.3% |
| 23 | Pauls Valley | 29.40 | 6,062 | 37.8 | 20.0% | 32.8% |
| 24 | Purcell | 29.40 | 6,803 | 35.0 | 26.0% | 37.4% |
| 25 | Sand Springs | 29.50 | 20,117 | 37.1 | 34.0% | 32.1% |
| 26 | Grove | 29.80 | 7,176 | 49.7 | 17.0% | 23.4% |
| 27 | Chickasha | 30.50 | 16,539 | 36.1 | 29.0% | 29.9% |
| 28 | Glenpool | 31.00 | 14,151 | 35.1 | 26.0% | 39.5% |
| 29 | Guthrie | 31.20 | 11,243 | 39.7 | 21.0% | 30.3% |
| 30 | Blackwell | 31.30 | 6,042 | 38.9 | 32.0% | 28.7% |
| 31 | Edmond | 31.70 | 96,825 | 37.9 | 25.0% | 32.2% |
| 32 | Poteau | 32.90 | 8,959 | 36.0 | 13.0% | 37.7% |
| 33 | Broken Arrow | 33.30 | 118,180 | 37.1 | 23.0% | 34.6% |
| 34 | Cushing | 33.40 | 8,367 | 35.7 | 25.0% | 33.5% |
| 35 | Tecumseh | 33.90 | 6,332 | 34.5 | 24.0% | 35.3% |
| 36 | Seminole | 34.30 | 7,194 | 33.1 | 24.0% | 38.5% |
| 37 | Jenks | 34.50 | 27,102 | 34.3 | 28.0% | 48.6% |
| 38 | Holdenville | 34.70 | 5,902 | 36.1 | 15.0% | 33.6% |
| 39 | Anadarko | 35.10 | 5,572 | 33.8 | 22.0% | 39.5% |
| 40 | Sallisaw | 35.20 | 8,605 | 35.8 | 15.0% | 35.4% |
| 41 | Vinita | 35.80 | 5,300 | 37.6 | 16.0% | 31.2% |
| 42 | Moore | 36.10 | 63,420 | 34.1 | 26.0% | 39.6% |
| 43 | Clinton | 36.40 | 8,388 | 34.0 | 27.0% | 38.6% |
| 44 | McAlester | 36.80 | 18,111 | 35.6 | 22.0% | 31.9% |
| 45 | Pryor Creek | 37.10 | 9,569 | 32.1 | 28.0% | 38.8% |
| 46 | Woodward | 37.50 | 11,882 | 35.2 | 22.0% | 30.8% |
| 47 | Claremore | 39.00 | 20,166 | 35.3 | 23.0% | 32.1% |
| 48 | Muskogee | 39.50 | 36,758 | 35.9 | 22.0% | 31.9% |
| 49 | Bartlesville | 39.60 | 37,878 | 36.8 | 21.0% | 32.6% |
| 50 | Okmulgee | 40.00 | 11,348 | 37.4 | 20.0% | 28.3% |
| 51 | Shawnee | 40.20 | 31,671 | 34.6 | 25.0% | 30.5% |
| 52 | Idabel | 40.60 | 6,987 | 33.0 | 15.0% | 38.0% |
| 53 | Enid | 42.00 | 50,653 | 35.2 | 20.0% | 29.4% |
| 54 | Owasso | 43.40 | 40,151 | 34.0 | 23.0% | 36.3% |
| 55 | Durant | 43.80 | 19,746 | 34.0 | 15.0% | 31.0% |
| 56 | Hugo | 45.90 | 5,182 | 35.2 | 16.0% | 28.3% |
| 57 | Altus | 49.00 | 18,646 | 33.7 | 15.0% | 34.0% |
| 58 | Tulsa | 50.10 | 413,794 | 35.6 | 17.0% | 28.0% |
| 59 | Ada | 50.20 | 16,575 | 32.3 | 22.0% | 29.7% |
| 60 | Miami | 51.30 | 12,926 | 32.2 | 19.0% | 34.7% |
| 61 | Norman | 51.70 | 129,672 | 32.5 | 18.0% | 25.0% |
| 62 | Lawton | 51.90 | 90,595 | 32.3 | 11.0% | 33.8% |
| 63 | Guymon | 52.40 | 12,539 | 30.7 | 9.0% | 39.9% |
| 64 | Bethany | 55.80 | 20,560 | 31.1 | 17.0% | 33.5% |
| 65 | Weatherford | 58.90 | 12,004 | 26.8 | 22.0% | 29.8% |
| 66 | Warr Acres | 59.80 | 10,466 | 32.5 | 13.0% | 31.7% |
| 67 | Tahlequah | 60.70 | 16,935 | 29.3 | 19.0% | 27.5% |
| 68 | Stillwater | 66.00 | 49,269 | 23.9 | 12.0% | 18.6% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 68 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma are Blanchard, Tuttle, Newcastle, Piedmont, Choctaw, Duncan, Noble, Verdigris, Collinsville, and Lone Grove.
If you’re also curious enough, here are the most exciting places in Oklahoma, according to science.
