City safety & data profile

Blue SpringsMO

Blue Springs, MO is a 54K-resident city in Jackson County with a median household income of $88,920.

Jackson County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Blue Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Blue Springs has a population larger than 81% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $263,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

54K
Population (place)
Top 19%
By size
$88,920
Median income (place)
$263,100
Median home (place)
7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Blue Springs

Blue Springs posts a median household income higher than 59% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Blue Springs area.

Top 41%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Blue Springs

Where Blue Springs income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$88,920 Top 41% higher than 59% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Blue Springs $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MO

Population among 83 MO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Kansas City is the largest MO city on this list; Town and Country leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MO

Median household income among the same 83-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Town and Country posts the highest place-level median income in MO; Kansas City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Blue Springs, MO beyond the headline numbers

Blue Springs sits inside Jackson County, Missouri, at roughly 39.02°N, -94.28°W. Population 54,148, $88,920 median household income. Median home value $263,100, median rent $1,277. Poverty rate 7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Blue Springs, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7%, poverty in Blue Springs, MO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Blue Springs runs about 3.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

14.8% of Blue Springs workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.9% in Blue Springs, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Blue Springs workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Blue Springs from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
54,148
Blue Springs · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$88,920
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$263,100
-36% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Jackson County): Blue Springs's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
720K+7%
Median Income
$68,577+46%
Median Home Value
$230,500+82%
Poverty Rate
14.1%-19%
Unemployment
4.6%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Blue Springs, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,277/mo
Poverty Rate
7% -44% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 35%
Work From Home 14.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 79.4%
African American 8%
Asian 1.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
34.3%
Short Sleep Duration
33.1%
High Blood Pressure
32.2%
Physical Inactivity
26.6%
Binge Drinking
18.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.7%
Current Smoking
14.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.9%
Current Asthma
10.3%
Diabetes
9.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.8%
Annual Checkup 76.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.5%
Stroke
3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER
BLUE SPRINGS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Blue Springs?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Blue Springs right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-BLUE-SPRINGS · Blue Springs

Blue Springs: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Blue Springs; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Missouri state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Blue Springs, MO? ▼
Blue Springs, MO has a population of 54,148 people, located in Jackson County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Blue Springs? ▼
The median household income in Blue Springs, MO is $88,920 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7%.
What is the median home value in Blue Springs? ▼
The median home value in Blue Springs, MO is $263,100. Median rent is $1,277/month.
What are the top health concerns in Blue Springs? ▼
The top health indicators in Blue Springs include Obesity (34.3%), Short Sleep Duration (33.1%), High Blood Pressure (32.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Blue Springs? ▼
Blue Springs has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Blue Springs? ▼
The median age in Blue Springs, MO is 37.2 years. 35% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Blue Springs, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (7% here).

Thornton, CO 7% Dale City, VA 7% Levittown, PA 7% Puyallup, WA 7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($88,920 here).

Perris, CA $88,911 South Laurel, MD $88,933 Ontario, CA $88,941 Mentor, OH $88,949

Compare Blue Springs with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Grain Valley, MO 13K East Independence, MO 111K Lee's Summit, MO 95K Independence, MO 117K Raytown, MO 29K Liberty, MO 30K Raymore, MO 20K Grandview, MO 25K
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Using Blue Springs's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Blue Springs area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Blue Springs against Missouri peers on any ranking lens. Explore Missouri

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Jackson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.