Blue Springs vs Kansas City

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

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

Kansas City has the higher population (508,233 vs 59,416 in Blue Springs). Blue Springs has the higher median household income ($84,075 vs $67,449 in Kansas City). Blue Springs has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $227,000 in Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Kansas City
Population	59,416	508,233
Median age	36.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,075	$67,449
Median home value	$241,500	$227,000
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,186
Housing units	23,096	243,692
Homeownership rate	68.7%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Kansas City
Population	54,850 → 59,416 (+8.3%)	486,404 → 508,233 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$75,767 → $84,075 (+11.0%)	$54,194 → $67,449 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)	$154,600 → $227,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,213 (+24.9%)	$941 → $1,186 (+26.0%)

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

Kansas City

Population

486,404508,233

Median household income

$54,194$67,449

Median home value

$154,600$227,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Springs	Kansas City
Under 5	7.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.8%
75 and over	5.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Kansas City
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	54.5%
Black or African American	8.0%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Kansas City
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Kansas City
Drove alone	78.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.9%
Walked	0.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.8%	14.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Kansas City
1-unit, detached	70.1%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	2.7%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Kansas City
Poverty rate	7.0%	14.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1985	1968