Blue Summit vs Sugar Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Summit and Sugar Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sugar Creek has the higher population (3,261 vs 1,145 in Blue Summit). Sugar Creek has the higher median household income ($57,467 vs $57,016 in Blue Summit). Sugar Creek has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $34,900 in Blue Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Summit	Sugar Creek
Population	1,145	3,261
Median age	29.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,016	$57,467
Median home value	$34,900	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,111	$936
Housing units	364	1,559
Homeownership rate	57.2%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Summit	Sugar Creek
Population	412 → 1,145 (+177.9%)	3,290 → 3,261 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$51,531 → $57,016 (+10.6%)	$42,159 → $57,467 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $34,900 (-35.6%)	$78,300 → $104,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,111 (+22.5%)	$827 → $936 (+13.2%)

Blue Summit

Population

4121,145

Median household income

$51,531$57,016

Median home value

$54,200$34,900

Median gross rent

$907$1,111

Sugar Creek

Population

3,2903,261

Median household income

$42,159$57,467

Median home value

$78,300$104,800

Median gross rent

$827$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Summit	Sugar Creek
Under 5	7.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	25.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	25.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	4.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	2.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.4%
75 and over	1.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Summit	Sugar Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	49.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Summit	Sugar Creek
No high school diploma	43.9%	18.3%
High school graduate	18.3%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Summit	Sugar Creek
Drove alone	45.1%	78.1%
Carpooled	22.5%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Summit	Sugar Creek
1-unit, detached	32.4%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	64.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Blue Summit	Sugar Creek
Poverty rate	34.0%	10.7%
Average household size	3.58	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1982	1953