Excelsior Springs vs Kearney

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

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

Kearney has the higher population (10,696 vs 10,502 in Excelsior Springs). Kearney has the higher median household income ($102,523 vs $74,056 in Excelsior Springs). Kearney has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $174,000 in Excelsior Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior Springs	Kearney
Population	10,502	10,696
Median age	35.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,056	$102,523
Median home value	$174,000	$275,200
Median gross rent	$907	$1,000
Housing units	4,266	4,489
Homeownership rate	68.0%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior Springs	Kearney
Population	11,640 → 10,502 (-9.8%)	10,095 → 10,696 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$49,428 → $74,056 (+49.8%)	$85,561 → $102,523 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $174,000 (+28.5%)	$188,700 → $275,200 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $907 (+32.4%)	$1,063 → $1,000 (-5.9%)

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

Kearney

Population

10,09510,696

Median household income

$85,561$102,523

Median home value

$188,700$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Kearney
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.0%
75 and over	7.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Kearney
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior Springs	Kearney
No high school diploma	12.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Kearney
Drove alone	78.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	15.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Kearney
1-unit, detached	75.7%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior Springs	Kearney
Poverty rate	13.7%	3.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1970	2001