Blue Springs vs Independence

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

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

Independence has the higher population (121,944 vs 59,416 in Blue Springs). Blue Springs has the higher median household income ($84,075 vs $59,480 in Independence). Blue Springs has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $166,400 in Independence).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Independence
Population	59,416	121,944
Median age	36.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,075	$59,480
Median home value	$241,500	$166,400
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,061
Housing units	23,096	55,424
Homeownership rate	68.7%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Independence
Population	54,850 → 59,416 (+8.3%)	117,084 → 121,944 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$75,767 → $84,075 (+11.0%)	$50,592 → $59,480 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)	$114,100 → $166,400 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,213 (+24.9%)	$864 → $1,061 (+22.8%)

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

Independence

Population

117,084121,944

Median household income

$50,592$59,480

Median home value

$114,100$166,400

Median gross rent

$864$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Springs	Independence
Under 5	7.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.9%
75 and over	5.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	69.2%
Black or African American	8.0%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.9%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Independence
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	27.9%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Independence
Drove alone	78.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	10.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Independence
1-unit, detached	70.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	2.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Independence
Poverty rate	7.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1985	1967