City safety & data profile

Excelsior SpringsMO

Excelsior Springs, MO is a 11K-resident city in Clay County with a median household income of $72,609.

Clay County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Excelsior Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Excelsior Springs has a population larger than 10% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $186,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 11%
By size
$72,609
Median income (place)
$186,800
Median home (place)
15.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Excelsior Springs

Excelsior Springs posts a median household income higher than 40% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Excelsior Springs area.

Bottom 41%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Excelsior Springs

Where Excelsior Springs income ranks nationally

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

$72,609 Bottom 40% higher than 40% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Excelsior 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 Excelsior Springs, MO beyond the headline numbers

Excelsior Springs sits inside Clay County, Missouri, at roughly 39.34°N, -94.23°W. Population 11,486, $72,609 median household income. Median home value $186,800, median rent $975. Poverty rate 15.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Excelsior Springs, 0 with an ER.

Poverty in Excelsior Springs, MO stands at 15.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Excelsior Springs runs about 2.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 7.8% of Excelsior Springs workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.2% in Excelsior Springs, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Excelsior 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 Excelsior 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)
11,486
Excelsior Springs · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,609
-19% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$186,800
-55% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Clay County): Excelsior 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
258K+15%
Median Income
$88,468+45%
Median Home Value
$275,600+79%
Poverty Rate
8.5%-6%
Unemployment
3.8%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Excelsior Springs, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$975/mo
Poverty Rate
15.2% +23% vs avg
Unemployment 5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 17.6%
Work From Home 7.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 84.7%
African American 3.3%
Asian 0.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
38.4%
High Blood Pressure
38.2%
Short Sleep Duration
34.1%
Physical Inactivity
29.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.3%
Current Smoking
18.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.4%
Binge Drinking
14.9%
Diabetes
12.4%
Current Asthma
11%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.3%
Annual Checkup 76.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.4%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Excelsior Springs?

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

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Sheet MO-EXCELSIOR-SPRINGS · Excelsior Springs

Excelsior 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 Excelsior 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 Excelsior Springs, MO? ▼
Excelsior Springs, MO has a population of 11,486 people, located in Clay County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Excelsior Springs? ▼
The median household income in Excelsior Springs, MO is $72,609 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.2%.
What is the median home value in Excelsior Springs? ▼
The median home value in Excelsior Springs, MO is $186,800. Median rent is $975/month.
What are the top health concerns in Excelsior Springs? ▼
The top health indicators in Excelsior Springs include Obesity (38.4%), High Blood Pressure (38.2%), Short Sleep Duration (34.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Excelsior Springs? ▼
Excelsior Springs has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Excelsior Springs? ▼
The median age in Excelsior Springs, MO is 35.9 years. 17.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Excelsior 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 (15.2% here).

Pompano Beach, FL 15.2% Davenport, IA 15.2% Grand Island, NE 15.2% Ashland, OR 15.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($72,609 here).

Palm Bay, FL $72,614 Pine Hill, NJ $72,588 Ogden, UT $72,575 Portland, TN $72,647

Compare Excelsior 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

Liberty, MO 30K East Independence, MO 111K Independence, MO 117K Grain Valley, MO 13K Blue Springs, MO 54K Gladstone, MO 27K Raytown, MO 29K Kansas City, MO 475K
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Using Excelsior 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 Excelsior 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 Excelsior 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 (Clay 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.