Blue Springs vs Raytown

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

Blue Springs and Raytown 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 29,593 in Raytown). Blue Springs has the higher median household income ($84,075 vs $67,227 in Raytown). Blue Springs has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $162,000 in Raytown).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Raytown
Population	59,416	29,593
Median age	36.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,075	$67,227
Median home value	$241,500	$162,000
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,213
Housing units	23,096	13,803
Homeownership rate	68.7%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Raytown
Population	54,850 → 59,416 (+8.3%)	29,264 → 29,593 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$75,767 → $84,075 (+11.0%)	$52,662 → $67,227 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)	$105,700 → $162,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,213 (+24.9%)	$916 → $1,213 (+32.4%)

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

Raytown

Population

29,26429,593

Median household income

$52,662$67,227

Median home value

$105,700$162,000

Median gross rent

$916$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Springs	Raytown
Under 5	7.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Raytown
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	48.8%
Black or African American	8.0%	36.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Raytown
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	27.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Raytown
Drove alone	78.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Raytown
1-unit, detached	70.1%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Raytown
Poverty rate	7.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1985	1963