Claycomo vs Excelsior Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Claycomo and Excelsior Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Claycomo and Excelsior Springs are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Excelsior Springs has the higher population (10,502 vs 1,994 in Claycomo). Excelsior Springs has the higher median household income ($74,056 vs $49,649 in Claycomo). Excelsior Springs has the higher median home value ($174,000 vs $151,300 in Claycomo).

Population, income & housing

	Claycomo	Excelsior Springs
Population	1,994	10,502
Median age	33.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,649	$74,056
Median home value	$151,300	$174,000
Median gross rent	$1,035	$907
Housing units	828	4,266
Homeownership rate	54.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claycomo	Excelsior Springs
Population	1,586 → 1,994 (+25.7%)	11,640 → 10,502 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$49,102 → $49,649 (+1.1%)	$49,428 → $74,056 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $151,300 (+44.0%)	$135,400 → $174,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $1,035 (+41.8%)	$685 → $907 (+32.4%)

Claycomo

Population

1,5861,994

Median household income

$49,102$49,649

Median home value

$105,100$151,300

Median gross rent

$730$1,035

Excelsior Springs

Population

11,64010,502

Median household income

$49,428$74,056

Median home value

$135,400$174,000

Median gross rent

$685$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claycomo	Excelsior Springs
Under 5	10.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.5%
75 and over	4.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claycomo	Excelsior Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	82.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claycomo	Excelsior Springs
No high school diploma	7.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claycomo	Excelsior Springs
Drove alone	81.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claycomo	Excelsior Springs
1-unit, detached	50.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	11.6%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Claycomo	Excelsior Springs
Poverty rate	20.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1964	1970