Blue Springs vs Grain Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Springs and Grain Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Springs has the higher population (59,416 vs 15,967 in Grain Valley). Grain Valley has the higher median household income ($87,266 vs $84,075 in Blue Springs). Grain Valley has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $241,500 in Blue Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Grain Valley
Population	59,416	15,967
Median age	36.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,075	$87,266
Median home value	$241,500	$269,800
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,366
Housing units	23,096	6,178
Homeownership rate	68.7%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Grain Valley
Population	54,850 → 59,416 (+8.3%)	13,966 → 15,967 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$75,767 → $84,075 (+11.0%)	$73,698 → $87,266 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)	$174,400 → $269,800 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,213 (+24.9%)	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)

Blue Springs

Population

54,85059,416

Median household income

$75,767$84,075

Median home value

$166,000$241,500

Median gross rent

$971$1,213

Grain Valley

Population

13,96615,967

Median household income

$73,698$87,266

Median home value

$174,400$269,800

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Springs	Grain Valley
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.7%	23.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	19.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.8%
75 and over	5.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Grain Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	84.5%
Black or African American	8.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Grain Valley
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	27.9%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Grain Valley
Drove alone	78.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	17.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Grain Valley
1-unit, detached	70.1%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Grain Valley
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1985	2002