Blue Springs vs Oak Grove

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

Blue Springs and Oak Grove 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 8,477 in Oak Grove). Blue Springs has the higher median household income ($84,075 vs $73,237 in Oak Grove). Blue Springs has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $190,800 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Oak Grove
Population	59,416	8,477
Median age	36.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,075	$73,237
Median home value	$241,500	$190,800
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,007
Housing units	23,096	3,215
Homeownership rate	68.7%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Oak Grove
Population	54,850 → 59,416 (+8.3%)	8,217 → 8,477 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$75,767 → $84,075 (+11.0%)	$64,398 → $73,237 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)	$134,700 → $190,800 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,213 (+24.9%)	$863 → $1,007 (+16.7%)

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

Oak Grove

Population

8,2178,477

Median household income

$64,398$73,237

Median home value

$134,700$190,800

Median gross rent

$863$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Springs	Oak Grove
Under 5	7.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	91.7%
Black or African American	8.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	27.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Oak Grove
Drove alone	78.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	70.1%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1985	1984