Excelsior Springs vs Smithville

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

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

Smithville has the higher population (10,552 vs 10,502 in Excelsior Springs). Smithville has the higher median household income ($99,925 vs $74,056 in Excelsior Springs). Smithville has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $174,000 in Excelsior Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior Springs	Smithville
Population	10,502	10,552
Median age	35.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,056	$99,925
Median home value	$174,000	$272,500
Median gross rent	$907	$977
Housing units	4,266	4,063
Homeownership rate	68.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior Springs	Smithville
Population	11,640 → 10,502 (-9.8%)	9,884 → 10,552 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$49,428 → $74,056 (+49.8%)	$82,398 → $99,925 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $174,000 (+28.5%)	$194,500 → $272,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $907 (+32.4%)	$799 → $977 (+22.3%)

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

Smithville

Population

9,88410,552

Median household income

$82,398$99,925

Median home value

$194,500$272,500

Median gross rent

$799$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Smithville
Under 5	4.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.9%
75 and over	7.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior Springs	Smithville
No high school diploma	12.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	42.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Smithville
Drove alone	78.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Smithville
1-unit, detached	75.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior Springs	Smithville
Poverty rate	13.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1970	1996