Excelsior Springs vs North Kansas City

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

Excelsior Springs and North Kansas City 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 4,758 in North Kansas City). Excelsior Springs has the higher median household income ($74,056 vs $46,024 in North Kansas City). North Kansas City has the higher median home value ($194,700 vs $174,000 in Excelsior Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior Springs	North Kansas City
Population	10,502	4,758
Median age	35.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,056	$46,024
Median home value	$174,000	$194,700
Median gross rent	$907	$1,146
Housing units	4,266	3,260
Homeownership rate	68.0%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior Springs	North Kansas City
Population	11,640 → 10,502 (-9.8%)	4,477 → 4,758 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$49,428 → $74,056 (+49.8%)	$42,026 → $46,024 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $174,000 (+28.5%)	$136,700 → $194,700 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $907 (+32.4%)	$882 → $1,146 (+29.9%)

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

North Kansas City

Population

4,4774,758

Median household income

$42,026$46,024

Median home value

$136,700$194,700

Median gross rent

$882$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior Springs	North Kansas City
Under 5	4.9%	0.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	15.1%
75 and over	7.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior Springs	North Kansas City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	64.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior Springs	North Kansas City
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior Springs	North Kansas City
Drove alone	78.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	9.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior Springs	North Kansas City
1-unit, detached	75.7%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	19.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior Springs	North Kansas City
Poverty rate	13.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.59	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1970	1974