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Blue Springs, MO

58,720 Population
22.5 square miles 2,614.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,842 ±$2,124 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $42,460 ±$390
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $36,754 ±$192
$82,965 ±$3,766 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $78,827 ±$626
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $65,920 ±$361

6.4% ±1.5% (3,754  ±892) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 216,718 (±0.3% / ±6,372)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.8% 766,582 (±0.2% / ±11,744)

26.2 minutes ±1.5 (671,670  ±48,602) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.4 22,549,460 (±0.2 / ±203,473)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)

Families

21,864 ±677 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 869,964 ±2,501
  • Missouri: 2,458,324 ±6,327
2.7 ±0.1 (58,504  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,159,789 (±0 / ±341)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,987,423

5.8% ±1.5% (820  ±219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 27,765 (±0.3% / ±1,285)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 76,551 (±0.2% / ±2,101)

Housing

22,434 ±689 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 940,968 ±394
  • Missouri: 2,795,030 ±544

$224,600 ±$5,782 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $246,000 ±$1,624
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $199,400 ±$949

13.8% ±1.9% (7,981  ±1,080.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.3% 309,227 (±0.3% / ±6,281.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 13.6% 827,230 (±0.2% / ±11,018.1)

Social

96% ±3.3% (36,945  ±1,548.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93% 1,382,317 (±0.6% / ±8,565.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.3% 3,834,146 (±0.4% / ±14,766.4)
33.8% ±2.4% (12,992  ±954) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.5% 572,829 (±0.4% / ±5,181.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 31.2% 1,309,838 (±0.2% / ±8,787.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±0.5% (1,171  ±312) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 150,518
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 258,202

8.9% ±1.1% (3,769  ±468) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.1% 118,612 (±0.1% / ±2,193)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.6% 361,097 (±0.1% / ±4,608)
3,769 Total veterans ±468 3,364 Male ±403 405 Female ±241

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